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We don't know what kind of cafeteria food they're feeding the designers at adidas HQ, but the three stripes are cooking up some crazy innovations like there's no tomorrow. Yesterday we spent the day at the #adidaslab in central London and having already heard rumours of a sub 100g football boot, were fairly excited.

The folks at PUMA have conducted a quick pre Champions League Q&A with Dortmund star-man Marco Reus. After kitting him out with his latest pair of PUMA PowerCat boots for the final at Wembley, the 23-year-old explained his feelings going into the biggest game of his career so far.

Irony is something we often see in football and this Saturday there will be more of that on show than most weeks. At the home of English football the biggest prize in club football – the Champions League trophy – will be contested. By two German sides.

After officially unveiling the new England home shirt at his old school in Portsmouth we sat down with Alex-Oxlade Chamberlain to talk about his school footballing memories, working with Nike and looking ahead to the World Cup in Brazil with England.

Nike continue their Hypervenom tease campaign by releasing a video of Neymar receiving a not-so-mystery box. Another glimpse at what Nike have up their sleeve for the next big launch but you'll have to wait until 28.05 for the official reveal...

With the much anticipated all German Champions league final nearly here, we had a quick chat with Aston Villa manager and ex-Borussia Dortmund player Paul Lambert about what it feels like to taste Champions League glory. Lambert was part of the Dortmund side that beat Juventus in the 1997 final. So what advice would he give to the BVB players on Saturday?

To help launch the new England home shirt, Nike called on the services of Arsenal duo Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Jack Wilshere. Both players returned to their boyhood clubs to award one youngster with the honour of becoming the first in the country to get their hands on the jersey.

In typical Nike fashion, the new partners of the England national team have put together a brief promo video staring England no.10 Wayne Rooney as the lead "actor". The slow-motion video gives little away, showing Rooney strolling through the tunnel as he makes his way to the pitch.

The build up to Nike's blockbuster summer release has officially started (if it hadn't already). Now with a confirmed launch date locked into the boot calender, we can all look ahead to May 27th for the global reveal of you-know-what. While there's

Dani Alves has enjoyed in his own words, a "curious" relationship with adidas - maybe because he's returned to the brand where it all began for him. Barca's buccaneering right-back is considered one of the best in the world, which explains adidas' decision to give him a spot in their Nitrocharge commercial. Not least for his unquestionable persona.