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Hampering after a fresh pair of boots in time for the new season? Then chances are you've already flirted with the idea eating into next months pay cheque in exchange for the adidas Nitrocharge. But are adidas' bright blue boots worthy of the hype? We recently slipped them on to find out.

Dani Alves has been one of the lead players for adidas' new Nitrocharge silo, he made the switch from the adizero from the word go, but on closer inspection of the Barcelona full back's boots we can see that there is more than meets the eye. He has replaced the normal Nitrocharge upper with that of the synthetic f50 to create a bespoke pair of boots designed to his exact specifications.

This time last year we were all engulfed by Euro 2012, Pirlo was scoring free kicks and Spain were beating everyone in their way. Fast forward 12 months and not a lot has changed other than it's the Confederations Cup this time around and there's a whole new collection of boots on pitch. See who made the cut this weekend as Nike rolled out their summer paint jobs...

Lotto have revealed tease imagery ahead of their latest boot release. The Italian brand look to have something pretty special up their sleeve and it's fair to say we've seen nothing like this before. The new boots look to be pushing the boundaries when it comes to standing out on pitch.

We're still clinging on to the end of the football season and where there's games, there's boots. New colourways taking to the pitch, custom colour combos, oh and it wouldn't be summer without England getting dumped out of an International tournament. Time to slap you square in the face with a fresh dosage of boots spotting, brace yourselves...

For years the adidas Copa Mundial has been regarded as the dominant boot choice amongst traditionalists, but now there's a new kid on the block – the Nike Premier. Naturally players have been comparing the two and with pre-season just around the corner Nike and adidas are poised to go head to head in their latest battle.

The HyperVenom arrived in Rio last night as Brazil's Neymar and England's Rooney both gave debuts to the new silo. The boot was designed to create a new breed of fast, agile and deceptive attackers and it's the deceptive element of the boot that Nike have focused on in their new video...

The games may be thinning out with the season coming to a halt but it was a big weekend for the new Nike Hypervenom. Officially landing on the international scene, Nike's new breed of attack took place amongst your usual dosage of custom paint jobs and latest releases.

The bar has been set. For the launch of the HyperVenom Nike held nothing back. We were told to expect something special as we flew out to Rio. Nike know how to build hype (you might have noticed) and this time it worked. The world watched as Neymar unveiled the HyperVenom in front of a media frenzied crowd.

Nike follow up their launch of the Mercurial Vapor XV with an even more limited edition boot. Right now you're looking at 1 of only 15 pairs of Mercurial IX R9 Chrome football boots on the planet. As far as special edition releases go, they don't come much rarer than these...