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When adidas are after feedback regarding any developments to the Predator silo, there's usually one man they turn to. Steven Gerrard knows better than most about what makes a good Predator boot. The Liverpool midfielder has been playing professionally in them for nearly fifteen years.

As one of Nike's biggest up and coming players, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain was never going to get away with switching boot silo's without us noticing! The England international and Arsenal winger was spotted today at Arsenal's training ground wearing a pair of Mercurial Vapor IX boots.

Adidas Football have taken to new social app Vine, to reveal the next colour update for the adizero. In three mini clips using the video sharing platform, adidas have taken the opportunity to show Bastian Schweinsteiger modelling the new adizero on their

There was a massive shock in the boot world this weekend, as leading Nike athlete Fernando Torres stunned all by opting to wear adidas Predator football boots. Such a move could potentially signal a major coup by adidas, who may have lured Spain and Chelsea team-mates Fernando Torres and Juan Mata.

Juan Mata's time as a Mercurial man stretches way back to his earliest days at Valencia, but for the first time last night the Spaniard laced up in the three stripes as the European Champions took on Uruguay in an international friendly. The midfielder ditched his Mercurial V9 boots in favour of the adidas Predator LZ.

Robin Van Persie took the boot world by surprise this week, when he appeared wearing the adidas F50 adizero boots. RVP has long been a frustration for the adidas boot development and marketing machine, but could he now be making a shock switch?

Mario Gomez has returned from Bayern Munich's mid-season Qatar break with a new gift - a pair of Nike Tiempo Legend IV's. The German goal machine has long been a PUMA athlete, but could this be the end of a five year association...

Ibrahimovic used PSG's winter break in Qatar to trial his black-out Nike Mercurial Vapor IX boots. The former Barcelona striker is still high priority when it comes to distributing early samples of new Nike boots and was spotted wearing them at his sides open training camp.

After three years of loyal service, the time has come for Kyle Walker to leave the Double Diamonds and move into the mighty American Swoosh. Walker has confirmed on Twitter he'll no longer be wearing Umbro, and has revealed the Nike boots he'll be wearing instead...

Nike's endless design stream has a huge bearing and influence on the future of boot design, so when one of their leading assets turns up to training wearing a mystery white-out prototype cleat, it's time to pay attention.