England and Real Madrid Midfielder Jude Bellingham was spotted with new Adidas Predator 24 boots during Real Madrid thumping of Barcelona in the Spanish Super Cup final in Riyadh.
Bellingham who recently appeared in a commercial for Adidas promoting the Predator line of boots which has been worn by legends of the game such as David Beckham, Zinedine Zidane and Steven Gerrard.
STATEMENT FROM ADIDAS
Sam Handy of Adidas told the Sun: “We work very closely with an amazing group of pro players who are involved in the feedback from early testing prototypes and adjustments. We worked with Jude on this Predator and heard his first reactions when we got the boot in front of him. He has been a key part of our development of the boot from a performance perspective.”
The new boots also feature the return of the fold-over tongue, and Handy was happy to explain why.
“In theory, the tongue is an archive detail but the feedback from so many players was, ‘Please bring back the fold over tongue.’ It’s a super iconic detail,” he said.
“It works. It delivers ball control. Gen Z pro players are asking for the tongue for performance reasons and twinned with the nostalgia it was too hard to resist the temptation for Predator 24.
“This is the best Predator ever built in 30 years – as you can tell by the number of players that have so quickly transitioned to it already.”