Hi guys and girls, Blake from the Football Boots team and today we'll be
looking at the best boots
to expect and see in 2018. With the world cup
headlining the calender year, big brands such as Adidas and Nike
will be using their most advanced inovations and technologies
to their football boots, so strap yourselves in for the ultimate boot
sneak-peak for 2018. Throughout the video I want you
to vote in on the poll cards and at the end of this video
I will reveal Adidas' brand new 'lone hunter' pack from the start of
2018. We'll kick things off with Nike's headline
release, the Superfly, now we know Nike spend 2 years
for each generation so expect to see a model with the name Mercurial
Superfly 6 to be released this year
and we presume it will be before the world cup. In 2017 several Mercurial wearers
such as Leroy Sane were one of the first to wear the boots in a
special blacked out prototype versions and from images
it looks to feature a very
similar construction to the superfly 5, offering an expected
flyknit upper, dynamic fit collar, ACC and
the contored nylon chase with chevron studs. In my
oppinion there was not a lot wrong with the superfly 5 so
it makes sense Nike make slight changes to its construction.
Potentially a thinner and more grippy upper
would be the go if I had to change anything, if Nike take inspiration
from the Flyknit Ultra then it should be a block buster of a boot
from the big swoosh. Again you'll see the headline superfly wearers of
Cristiano Ronaldo, Alexis Sanchez, Leroy Sane,
Marco Asensio and Jamie Vardy wear the mercurial superfly boots in
2018. And talking about CR7, he is very likely to
recieve chapter 6 and chapter 7 superfly silos
aswell.
And vote in the poll card now who do you think will get the golden boot at the world cup.
Now 32, CR7 has almost certainly passed his peak and
having just seen the sensational 'Quinto Triunfo' ballon d'or boots released
we should see chapter 6 hit the shelves in 2018.
His chapter 5 'Cut to Brilliance' was inspired by his move
to Real Madrid, like a diamond cut to reveal its brilliant form
chapter 6 could most likely relate to his triumphs for his country
of Portugal. Winning the European Championship in 2016.
It's hard to pick out what Nike will design for him but that will
be my best guess. Like in 2014 and 2016
he'll most certainly be Nike's headline athlete in their
marketing campaign for Russia 2018. Over to the three
stripes of Adidas
to chat about the X. In 2017 we saw Adidas update
its elite name from 'Pure Chaos' to 'Pure speed'
and we should expect to see something very similar in 2018
for the X collection. Personally, I think the pure speed is Adidas'
best offering at the moment. Gabreal Jesus has been a black out prototype wearer
and from what he is wearing, it looks a lot like the current
purespeed, but potentially this it the X 18+
purespeed. Who knows? Concidering the X 16+
and X17+ were virtually the same football boots,
my best guess would be something completely different for the X18+
But anyway, expect to see super thin sinthetic uppers
with a form of a sprint-frame soleplate. We also
expect an X18.1 to be offered to professionals
as well, so expect the likes of Luis Suarez, Gabreal Jesus,
Mo Salah, James Rodriguez, N'golo Kante
and Angel Di Maria to headline this silo in Russia in
June.
Over to what Puma will offer in 2018, and in late 2017
they launched the 'future' collection which officially killed
off the 'EvoPower' which was one of my favorite boots in 2017.
It features an all over mesh netfit
in which you can tie the laces the way you want making the perfect
boot choice for any foot type. The upper is a thin sinthetic, blunt
EvoKnit collar origonally seen on the EvoTouch is
used for comfort and support arround the ankle. And all in all a unique,
never before seen inovation, sure to spice the boot market up a
little in 2018. Antoine Griezmann is
the headline 'future' athelete while EvoPower wearers such as Giroud
Fabregas, Chielini and Godin should switch over to
the silo at some point as well. Or they could go over to the 'One' 18.1.
Next up, the Magista. A year and a half ago the Obra two
was released, so again we should see a new generation of magista
in the future. Some reports have come in that Nike may even
replace the silo completely with something else. What we know is a fact that
control brid such as the one 17.1 and magista struggled
for sales when compared to, say the mercurial, hypervenom and X by Nike and Adidas
So this may mean a complete re-vamp
of the silo, name and concept. One of the best players
of the Premier League so far has been Kevin De Bruyne
and he headlines the Obra so personally I would love to see a boot
made for play makers, passing and long ball specialists.
My best guess would mean again a flyknit construction with ACC
a dynamic fit collar and some sort of upper texture technology
for passing and shooting, but in my eyes I think
this will be one of the most exciting releases we have seen by Nike.
Now onto Messi's silo, the Nemiziz. Winning the award in
2017 for inovation, we could see something very similar
for the updated version of the Nemiziz that being the 18+.
In my head it would make sense for the silo to be revealed prior
to the world cup. Like what Adidas did for the X16+
purchaos to the X17+ purespeed
Adidas could make minimal changes for the Nemiziz 18+ silo.
The one major difference between Adidas and Nike is that
Adidas launch new gens every year, while Nike
on most occasions is two years. Nemiziz wearers
such as Roberto Firmino, Bernado Silva, Alvaro
Morata and Jesse Linguard should headline this silo at the world cup.
For Messi himself he should most likely get several
unique colourways just for him in 2018. As goes for
Adidas' Giltch, the silo has been around for over a year
now and in 2017 they launched more than 30 different glitch
skins and 2018 should not be any different.
Adidas extended the glitch to both Paris and Berlin in 2017
and so it's likely it could appear in more european hotspots such as
Moscow, Madrid and Rome in 2018. In terms of
what the glitch is i think it would be relatively difficult
for Adidas to upgrade it. At full weight it's 300 grams
which makes it very heavy but the concept is perfect.
All you need is an inner shoe and an outer skin and your done,
so I don't expect the glitch 18 to upgrade into something better
in 2018. Now onto one of the most popular boots of 2017
the mercurial vapor. Now 2017 was
the year of the flyknit ultra which in my head is where the
mercurial vapoe is heading towards. Using a flyknit
construction and world class grip elements the flyknit ultra is the
perfect football boot. And concidering the likes of Neymar,
Eden Hazard, Luca Modric, Sadio Mane, Coutinho
and Kylian Mbappe headline this silo it will be in my eyes
the boot everyone wants in 2018. I've always been a fan
of the vapor but when Nike released the vapor 11 in 2016
it still featured the tarsion synthetic which is good but not as
elite as flyknit. So Nike have to add flyknit to the new vapor
whether the flyknit ultra remains or stays, it definitely
did its job of setting up the vapor for years to come.
Neymar could potentially recieve another signature boot, considering
his two most recent written stars and puro fenomino were very
popular it would make sense for Nike to release another one for him after
the world cup. Now one silo that was every present in
2017 was the 'one' 17.1 and puma will
definitely be updating the one into the 18.1.
On paper the one 17.1 for me was no blockbuster
so hopefully puma can upgrade the leather and soleplate for the next generation.
I would love to see the one 18.1 with
K leather and a much better soleplate. When puma updated the
EvoTouch Pro to the one 17.1 there were not many
enhancements, so 2018 is
a big year for the German brand
of Puma. For the two most recent international tounaments
Puma have applied their tricks theme to the boots first theme
blue and orange at the 2014 world cup and then pink and yellow for the
2016 Euros.
So Puma may again be bold and deliver this unique
design but please no more pink and yellow!
And in the poll card, who do you think will win the world cup? Vote now.
In late 2017 Adidas killed off
the Ace 17 range and re-introduced the Predator lineup
consisting of plus silo and 18.1 boots.
The Predator from the purcontrol has seen upgrades
in the upper department as it's softer and has a grip element to it.
I know it's nothing like the Preds of old but it's certainly a modern
interpretation of a classic. We should see an array of colourways in
2018 for the Predator silo in the likes of Pogba,
Ozil, Dele Ali and Rakitic will headline the silos at the world cup.
Whether or not we will see a Pogboom
version of the Predator in unknown. Packswise for Adidas
we'll almost definitely see a blackout pack, they tend to
release blackout boots every year. In 2016 Adidas had a
space theme, in 2017 a storm theme and 2018
seems to be a hunt theme, already seen the lone hunter
and the sky stalker packs released. Having just released blue and
red designs in their 'fire and ice' collection Nike are likely to use
other colours such as black, orange and white for the first half
of 2018. Nike again will re-release their academy
pack as well, my predicted Ballon d'or winner is Messi and
he'll most likely get a black/gold Nemiziz made just for him.
Of course before the haters comment, CR7 could win it again and
receive another classy superfly or Neymar may even his
own signature Vapors, that's if Brazil win the world cup.
And vote in the poll card now, who you think will win
ballon d'or in 2018. Antoine Griezmann has already
received a future 18.1 just for him and he may
even get another colourway in late 2018. Nike again may
deliver a 2018 version of the elite pack
in which likes of young athletes such as Mbappe,
Asensio and Rashford will headline. De Bruyne may even get a
custom Magista or new silo as he, in my eyes, is one of the best
players in world football. I think Harry Kane
deserves his own signature silo as he is one of the best strikers in 2017.
And Paulo Dybala I think may receive a signature purespeed as he is now
switched to Adidas after wearing blackouts for over a year. And here
they are, the first 'lone hunter' boot is the Nemiziz which offers a
trace olive tiger print design with burnt orange soleplate
and three stripes.
The black tiger print is featured on both sides of the upper for an out and
out stealthy design. The Predator 18+ has a
very similar design to the Nemiziz using that same
trace olive colour throughout, with the unique orange print
on the upper.
Parts of the soleplate feature that burnt orange colour while the
Adidas three stripes are black. And my favorite of the three
is the X 17+ purespeed which incorporates
the burnt orange and trace olive together for a bold
tiger print throughout the upper and soleplate, while the
techfit collar is solid brown. Vote in the poll card now on your favorite
from the three 'lone hunter' releases. 2018
is massive for football brands and with the world cup in June we could
see some very exciting releases. Comment bellow the boot you
are the most excited to see and vote in the poll card now.
Thank you very much for watching, and as always...We'll see you next time!