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Global Boot Spotting

Time to see who made the cut this week as we pick out the best of the Boot Spotting action from the past seven days. Custom designs, to limited edition game, to the latest new season drops. All aboard...

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Dani Ceballos (Real Madrid) Nike PhantomVSN

Nike supplied the latest "Rising Fire" colourway to a handful of their young stars this week. The majority of Swoosh players remained in the "Raised on Concrete" pack, but Dani Ceballos was sporting the dark red version of the Nike PhantomVSN boots.

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Luis Suarez (Barcelona) PUMA Future 2.1

Luis Suarez became a PUMA player last week by officially signing for the brand after leaving adidas. The Uruguayan gave a winning start to life with the Big Cat as he wore the "Uprising Pack" Future 2.1 as Barcelona beat Alaves 3-0 at the Camp Nou.

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Adama Traore (Wolves) Nike Mercurial Superfly V

Adama Traore made his Wolves debut on Saturday afternoon as his new club went down 2-0 at Leicester. The former Boro man has a huge collection of custom Mercurials and will no doubt use the Premier League stage to showcase them throughout the season.

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Adama Traore (Goztepe) adidas Predator LZ

You wait all year for an Adama Traore, and then two come along at once. This one is of Turkish Super Lig fame with Goztepe, and he wore the adidas Predator LZ launch colourway from 2012 during his side's defeat to Galatasaray on Sunday.

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Kylian Mbappe (PSG) Nike Mercurial Superfly 360

Kylian Mbappe was Nike's go-to man to front the new "Rising Fire" pack. The World Cup winner switched into the new Mercurial Superfly 360 colourway as he came off the bench to score twice in PSG's 3-0 win over Guingamp.

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Yassin Ayoub (Feyenoord) adidas X 18.1

Feyenoord recorded their first win of the new season with a 3-0 victory over Excelsior on Sunday. Amongst all of the latest bright colourways on pitch was Yassin Ayoub wearing the recent all black "Shadow Mode" edition of the adidas X 18.1.

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Kemar Roofe (Leeds United) Nike Mercurial Vapor 360

Leeds United continued their impressive start to the season by beating Yorkshire rivals Rotherham 2-0 at Elland Road. Kemar Roofe got the second goal wearing the Nike Mercurial Vapor 360 Heritage Collection, released ahead of the 2018 World Cup and inspired by the design worn by R9 in 1998.

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Jack Wilshere (West Ham United) adidas Predator 18.1

Jack Wilshere made a surprise boot switch at the weekend. The West Ham midfielder has worn Nike throughout his entire career, but ditched the Swoosh to lace up in the adidas Predator 18.1 on Saturday to indicate that he may well have, or is about to, sign officially with the Three Stripes.

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Thomas Meunier (PSG) adidas COPA Gloro 17

With the likes of Neymar and Mbappe acting as their brand's poster boys in the latest eccentric boots, PSG teammate Thomas Meunier has gone low key in the blackout edition of the adidas COPA Gloro 17. Safe.

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Feng Boyuan (China) Nike Mercurial Superfly 360

Another colourway from the Nike Mercurial Superfly 360 "Heritage Collection" was on show this week as China's Feng Boyuan wore the 2006 inspired design. The yellow and green drop was worn throughout Italy's successful 2006 World Cup campaign in Germany.

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