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Southampton defender Maya Yoshida will begin Mizuno's roll-out for their forthcoming and hotly anticipated Wave Ignitus 3 today. The Saints centre back has been handed an exclusive pair of black-out models to wear for his sides final Premier League game of the season.

Here's our latest edition of boot spotting, which unbelievably does not feature a Mercurial Vapor! We've assembled an eclectic mix of football boots from around the globe, featuring old and new footwear not necessarily to be categorised as mainstream (barring of course Fernando Torres in Predators!)...

From inception to craft, the journey of an elite football boot is a precise process. For the world's best players, their boots are factory furnished long before they arrive at their club's training ground. For Mizuno and star athelte Hulk, the Morelia Neo is built from the ground up to deliver a perfect fit.

From inception to craft, the journey of an elite football boot is a precise process. To furnish an athlete with a value of millions and watched by an audience to match, leaves little-to-no margin of error for football shoe manufacturers. One such brand - Mizuno - have given us a unique insight into the construction of their elite footwear...

One brand in particular put on quite a spectacle this weekend, as new Nike football boots dominated pitches around the globe. But it wasn't all Nike making the Boot Spotting headlines, as we have a host of players doing their own thing when it comes to footwear, along with one or two clearly having contract differences...

To the relief and satisfaction of every football fan, league football returned to our screens at the weekend. With it brought a host of new football boots and surprise sightings. See who has made the list week in our best selection of boot spots from

Mizuno have commissioned legendary Japanese artist Hidekichi Shigemoto to create artist impressions of sporting moments, and lead Mizuno athletes including Brazilian forward Hulk.

With the new season fully under way after last weeks official curtain-raiser to the new European season, it's been a busy time for our intrepid SoccerBible boot-spotters! Check out some of the most recent players and football boots we've spied on pitches across the continent.

Lionel Messi wearing Nike Tiempo Legend, Ashley Cole wearing adidas F50 and Rivaldo wearing Puma. Over the years there's been some shock moves as players have switched brand allegiance, so on the dawning on the new football season we thought we'd look back at the top ten most memorable boot transfers...

They're the ultimate football boot for any no-nonsense player. Following adidas' recent drop of black-out editions to the adiPure 11 Pro and adizero miCoach line-up, football's black-out phenomenon continues to sweep the game...