Barcelona forward Lionel Messi has been named the European Footballer of the Year. The Argentinean won the Ballon d'Or by a record margin from last year's winner Cristiano Ronaldo.

While in Rio for the launch of the Nike HyperVenom, the SoccerBible team had the chance to chat to two of Nike's Football's head honchos. Speaking exclusively to SoccerBible, Phil McCartney (VP Nike Football Footwear) and Martin Lotti (VP Nike Football Design), broke down the concept behind the Nike HyperVenom.

The SoccerBible delves into the archives for another classic retro Boot Spotting Special, this time celebrating some of the heroes from the North London derby ahead of the Premier League clash... One of football's greatest rivalries is re-ignited

Aston Villa and Nike have launched the new Aston Villa Home Shirt for the 10/11 Premier League season, which continues the club's traditional claret and sky blue colours, but with an interesting design feature.

If the Nike HyperVenom has been calling your name in recent weeks, you now have two colourways to choose from. Not brave enough to pull off the Black/Citrus colourway? Fear not. After letting the initial HyperVenom hysteria die down a little, Nike are back with their second colourway.

Love them or hate them, there is no denying the story of Manchester United is a pretty amazing one. To tell such a story United needed an equally amazing product to show case the club's history. So they turned to Opus, makers of exclusive luxury publications and we're lucky enough to have one here at SoccerBible HQ.

Inside Nike's HQ things are moving fast. In a serious shake up of their boot catalogue, Nike have retired their long-running T90 silo, replacing it with the all new Nike HyperVenom. Launched today in Rio de Janeiro at an event with Brazil striker Neymar, the HyperVenom is a milestone release for Nike.

With the imminent launch of the new adidas Predator model and David Beckham becoming the first Englishman to win top flight championship medals in four European countries, we take a retrospective look at the iconic Predator that helped announce his unforgettable arrival to the Premier League.

After being sidelined for 17 months, Jack Wilshere is finally back in first team action for the Gunners. The midfielder has his sights set on forming new partnerships with Arsenal team mates Santi Cazorla, Mikel Arteta and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain. Wilshere gave us a quick Q&A upon his anticipated return.

There's only one kit that people are talking about at the moment and that's the new Nike France International kit! After securing a deal to become the new Technical Suppliers to the French National Football team, Nike have gone all out to produce one of the most impressive football strips we've seen in a long time...