Through the wonders of Twitter, former Liverpool striker Ryan Babel has given the social universe an ahead-of-schedule look at the eye-popping Purple/Silver Mercurial colourway, while becoming the envy of many football fans!

Ryan Babel likes to let people know what's going on in his life - he's racked up over one million Twitter followers doing just that. Well this week we found out he's been having some fun with Dutch artist Boxie, who was given license to pimp up the Ajax midfielder's match worn CR Mercurial boots.

Becoming a professional football player is one of the most competitive careers in the world! In our football video join Ryan Babel, Giovanni Dos Santos, Lucas Neill and Park Ji Sung on the average time aspiring pros spend training every year: 1248 hours!

For football boot fans, he has arguably the best job in the world. Meet Andy Caine, the Design Director for Nike and the man responsible for the latest Superfly II soccer cleats . At the launch of these new football boots, Andy was flown over from Nike's

SoccerBible's resident football experts trawl through the back pages and hunt down the best internet forums everyday, to bring the latest transfer rumours... RIBERY TOO OLD? - Real Madrid are leading the race to sign Bayern Munich winger Franck Ribery

Rafael Benitez has revealed he would be prepared to leave Liverpool if striker Fernando Torres was sold against his will. The club's debts have prompted questions about whether owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett would be tempted by a big-money offer for the Spain striker.

It's that time of year again, when all football fans will be frantically refreshing their computer screens, hoping to see their club has pulled off the signing of the summer. Join the SoccerBible for constant updates on a busy day of last-gasp deals as the summer transfer window slams shut at 1800 BST.

SoccerBible's resident football experts trawl through the back pages and hunt down the best internet forums everyday, to bring the latest transfer rumours...

The Puma PowerCat 1.10 football boots make their Premier League debut this weekend, along with a host of players changing their boots, some still wearing very old pairs and a pair of completely unique T90 Laser III football boots...

After a two week break it's back to the Premier League this weekend, as the "business end" of the season starts to unfold. One of the contenders for player of the season has undoubtably been Liverpool star Steven Gerrard, the driving force