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Cristiano Ronaldo takes centre stage in Nike's new “Vapor Trail” film to compliment the launch of the Mercurial Vapor IX. The Portuguese international, seen sporting the Fireberry/Green/Red Mercurial Vapor IX, demonstrates his speed and skill in orchestrated slow motion style as the explosive video unfolds.

West Brom's Romelu Lukaku last night became the first English-based player to wear the Nike MVIX in competitive action ahead of their expected on-pitch reveal this weekend. The on-loan Chelsea hit-man who recently switched from the T90, took to the Hawthorns wearing the stand-out Sunset colourway.

The latest Mercurial culprit to showcase his new Vapor IX boots is Chelsea’s forgotten man Florent Malouda. Other star Nike players including Neymar, Kevin-Prince Boateng, El Shaarawy and Robinho have all revealed which colourways of the Vapor IX they'll be wearing when the boot is officially launched later this month.

Bayern Munich yesterday brushed aside Bundesliga rivals Schalke 5-0 in a Qatar exhibition match where both sides are holding their winter training camps. The match provided Bayern stars Ribery and Shaqiri with the perfect opportunity to test their new Nike Mercurial Vapor IX boots before returning to Germany.

Following footballers on Instagram can be quite interesting...you only have to look at John Terry's account! If you're one of the 1,637 people who follow Heracles Almelo striker Samuel Armenteros on Instagram then you would have noticed him proudly showing off his new Nike Mercurial Vapor IX football boots.

With 2013 just around the corner, there's one boot launch on everyone’s mind. In the new year, Nike will unveil the eagerly anticipate Mercurial Vapor IX. For months the rumour mill has been looking ahead to the Nike Vapor IX. So what can we expect from Nike's ninth generation Mercurial Vapor?

The Mercurial Vapor III might just be Nike's finest Vapor boot to date. That's the opinion of many boot fans anyway. In a recent SoccerBible Facebook poll, Nike's third generation Vapor – launched in June 2006 – came out on top as your favourite, narrowly beating the latest Vapor VIII to the no.1 spot.

A Concorde Moment refers to a point "where great leaps are made in science or engineering and are then never used or retired because they are not business effective". We present the case of the Nike Mercurial Vapor Superfly III, which in 2011 delivered Nike Flywire technology, Nike Sense traction and a price tag of £280.00.

It doesn't quite sink in at first, but there are times when you watch something completely unbelievable in football that will forever be etched into the history of the game. Zlatan Ibrahimovic's goal is one of these moments. Such a combination

Whether you're a Mercurial, CTR360, Tiempo or T90 man, let us know which boot silo you're reppin'. Are you loyal to one particular silo, or do yo experiment between others? Select which Nike silo you are in our poll.