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We've had quite an astonishing looking, yet completely unknown boot drop into the SoccerBible inbox. We think you'll all agree these prototype football boots look utterly insane, as although they're blacked-out we can still see some radical patterns.

Tweet Every year a storm brews in the boots community as Nike prepare to launch the next chapter in their Mercurial saga. Already forums around the globe are rife with speculation and leaked images, and as the full reveal approaches it appears Nike are

The sight of a player wearing club socks taped to a white trainer sock has become quite a familiar one in the Premier League, but Wolves player Michael Kightly might just have given us a glimpse at another reason why players wear different socks...

Tweet They're on course to become one of the most talked about football boots of 2012. The twelfth and maybe most dramatic Predator redesign in its history will land this year, prior to the EURO 2012 tournament. Bayern Munich's Thomas Mueller

He's been at the centre of boot-spy attention for months, but now Bastian Schweinsteiger and adidas could be on the verge of unveiling the new adidas adiPURE 11Pro football boots! The Bayern Munich midfielder was caught giving his new adidas 11Pro soccer shoes a training session run-out today (03.01.12) during the German giants winter training week in Qatar.

He's the man leading the Predator charge in the Premier League and now Arsenal's reliant Robin has landed a pair of bespoke adipower boots in time for the new year. Making his first appearance in the Black/Warning boots after a long stint in the UCL editions, Van Persie's footwear had some noticeable differences.

Joma look ready to land a new boot in the new year, with Sevilla striker Frederic Kanoute given the pre-release honours of putting the boots through their paces. As the lead face of the Joma portfolio, Kanoute was given early access to Joma's new football boots, set for February 2012 launch.

He's been a long term adidas wearer who's more recently been wearing Nike Tiempo, but Harry Kewell is now testing a brand new adidas football boot that looks to have persuaded him to revert back to the three stripes.

Mizuno are preparing to land what could be one of the most exciting boots of 2012. Much like the popular Wave Ignitus that stood tall alongside the adidas Predator and Nike T90, the Japanese brand are now ready to challenge the speed boot hierarchy with the introduction of the Mizuno Morelia Neo!

The SoccerBible Boot Insider was present at the Donblass Arena this week, to see FC Porto defeat Shakhtar Donetsk in the Champions League, but more importantly to see star forward Hulk test-drive a new pair of Mizuno football boots.