Bringing pure football royalty back to centre stage, adidas lace up a piece of history with the rerelease of the Predator Precision Elite x Zidane – a gleaming tribute to Zizou’s crowning moment as the world's best in 2000. This limited edition release celebrates not only the boot that helped define an era but also the man who wore it with peerless class.
Bathed in a regal “Gold Met/Black/Collegiate Red” colourway, this latest iteration of the Predator Precision was teased back in January of this year, and it arrives as a gold-drenched nod to the original pair gifted to Zinedine Zidane when he was named World Player of the Year back in 2000. Reimagined with pinpoint accuracy, the upper sticks closely to the OG spec, mirroring the aesthetics of the boot that lit up pitches at the turn of the millennium. Black Three Stripes crash diagonally across the golden vamp in that instantly recognisable Precision fashion, while that iconic red fold-over tongue once again takes its place like a crown atop the foot.
Flip the tongue, and you’ll find a silhouette of Zidane’s thunderous volley from the 2002 Champions League Final — that gravity-defying strike for Real Madrid immortalised in boot form. Beneath your feet, the Predator 25 soleplate ensures that this modern-day remix doesn’t just live in the past. It’s built for today’s tempo, marrying heritage design with high-performance tech.
Inside, the insole proudly bears the inscription ‘World Player 2000’, a subtle but powerful nod to Zizou’s peerless status in the game. And stamped onto the tongue in timeless detail: ‘Made in Germany’, a mark of craft and a continuation of adidas' elite production pedigree series.
This isn’t adidas’ first golden tribute to their legendary No.10 — the gold Predator Absolute 2006 made a comeback in 2022 — but the Precision speaks a purer kind of poetry. This is the Zidane that danced through defences in white and gold, who glided with impossible grace, and who defined the era when boots were as expressive as the players in them.
Shop the adidas Predator Precision Elite x Zidane from 10 June at prodirectsport.com/soccer
