Whilst there might be a lot of transfer uncertainty surrounding Arsenal football club at the moment, young midfielder Aaron Ramsey has sparked a different kind of speculation by wearing some mysterious blacked-out football boots in training.
The Welshman spent the majority of last season wearing the adiPure IV football boots, before making a switch to the adiPower on the last day, presumably, on the request of adidas who asked several young, exciting midfielders like Jack Rodwell and Nani to switch silos to the new Predator.
But perhaps the German brand could yet have further boot-spotting plans for the 20-year-old, who captained his country for the first time earlier this year, after Ramsey was clocked' wearing a blacked-out pair of football boots at Arsenal’s London Colney training ground.
Our initial reaction was that Ramsay had blacked-out his adiPowers ahead of the weekend’s game – presumably due to his contract being up with adidas – but in further training sessions and Saturday’s match against Liverpool, his boots have been back in full colour – leading us to believe he could well be trialling something new for the Three Stripes.
Ramsay’s black-outs have the trademark white embroidery that we’ve seen on many previous adidas prototype football boots.
We know that adidas have several ‘irons in the fire’ when it comes to up-coming football boots, which leaves it open to debate as to what the young Gunner was actually wearing.
As a former adiPure wearer, it’s our favourite theory that he is trying out the upcoming adiPure 11Pro that Bastian Schweinsteiger has been trialling for months now.
adidas’s latest adiPures in testing at AC Milan
adidas’ latest addition to the adiPure line of football boots look set to defy expectations when they arrive at some unconfirmed point in future, as they are strongly rumoured to contain some miCoach style technology that has never been seen on a boot before!
The other option, of course, is that they are the football boots that many are nicknaming the ‘adiControl’.
Ballack’s unidentified boots, that many fans are calling the ‘adiControl’
We saw these unorthodox cleats on the feet of ex-Germany Captain Michael Ballack earlier this summer, and since then the pictures have caused a storm of interest – with the (completely fan-invented) ‘adiControl’ moniker causing many fans to dub them as adidas’ ‘CTR-killer’ – a step on from the partially-control-focused adiPower, that will provide a more direct competition to Nike’s successful breakout control football boots.
What do you think Ramsay is likely to have been wearing?
Let us know in the comments!
I have no idea what Ramsey is wearing, but Adidas are so far ahead of all competition. If and when they release the Adipure 11 control, and also the ‘Adicontrol’ Adidas will have total control of the market. It just seems like they put so much more effort into refining their boots before there release.
ramsey is wearing the Adicontrol’s
AdiControl sounds crap, call them the AdiTouch instead, rolls off the tongue easier!
seeing how successful the tiempo elite IV right now, i think adidas are currently doing their homework on refining the adipure 11pro
i love the fact that players are all over adizero instead of mercurials with their bullcrap flicker color so-called-technology
the adipowers are also everywhere. if all goes well: the 11pro could outperform tiempo, and new “adicontrol” could outperform ctr, then in the future nike will be forced to create real boots with real performance -instead of putting their money on making big advertisements, signing big players, and coloring their boots as bright as possible
because in the end of the day, that’s what we need the most out of a boot: their performance
thats boots are:::adidas adicontrol,,,,,becouse ,,have the panel control ,,,and the control line in the front,,,,,these will be release in 2012,,,,maestri s competitor
thats boots are:::adidas adicontrol,,,,,becouse ,,have the panel control ,,,and the control line in the front,,,,,these will be release in 2012,,,,maestri s competitor
Nothing can touch the CTR’s so I don’t know why adidas would even try
I am pretty sure the Ballack’s boots is going to be the next predator, which focus more on control than swerve, I saw a picture in soccer boot guru, there are some plastic thingy in the instep, I suspect those are the new predator element.
Ha I told you about this kyle on fb
My guess is that Ramsey is wearing some type of adipures because the collar around the ankle is perforated and looks very similiar to the ankle collar on the adipure 3’s
its for sure the pro11. it looks exactly like them. look at the toe, its got that funky part that extends back. look at the preforation around the ankle
yes these are new football boots coming out in the shops very soon !!
worn in this pic by ballack
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