Aubameyang & the £2,500 boots

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What ever happened to the old fashioned black boots



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Football's new King of Bling! Aubameyang warms up for Saint-Etienne in £2,500 boots encrusted in 4,000 Swarovski crystals




Footballers are well known for shamelessly flaunting their wealth, whether it be the latest Lamborghini, clothes straight from the catwalks of Milan or a million carat pair of earrings.

But rarely does such bling make it onto the field - until now.

Saint-Etienne's Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang set the bar pretty high on Monday when he warmed up for a match with Lyon in an outrageous £2,500 pair of boots encrusted in Swarovski crystals.

It took more than 50 hours to customise the striker's pair of Nike Vapors with 4,000 tiny jewels in a design which incorporated the player's name, number seven and the club crest and colours.

Sadly Saint-Etienne didn't produce a sparkling performance to match, going down 1-0 in the derby.

Earlier in the year, Aubameyang received a pair of similarly blingy boots in the national colours of Gabon as they took part in the African Cup of Nations as co-hosts.

Gabon international Aubameyang isn't shy of drawing attention to himself - after scoring in a 2-0 win over Rennes in October, he celebrated by producing a Spiderman mask from behind the advertising hoardings, put it on and pretended to spin webs.

Newcastle's Jonas Gutierrez set that trend two years ago, marking a goal against Blackburn by pulling a similar mask from his shorts.

Aubameyang was linked with a move to St James' Park in the summer and perhaps it's just as well he stayed put, otherwise the Toon would be swinging with comic book characters.

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Thr toon already is swinging with comic book characters

Moist Bread

How exciting

Insect Overlord

I thought Gutierrez was doing that celebration before he ever went to England.

Rekop dog

Newcastle are best to keep pursuing more solid characters like JI-Dong Won.

Leiva

Everything thats wrong with the game today summed up in a pair of size 10's.

GavRedKing

Would the crystals not effect your strike of the ball?

Did he only warm up in them or did he play the match inthem also? I'd be surprsied if he played te match in them and they're nothing more then a PR stunt.

Moist Bread

GavRedKing wrote: »

Would the crystals not effect your strike of the ball?

Did he only warm up in them or did he play the match inthem also? I'd be surprsied if he played te match in them and they're nothing more then a PR stunt.

We must get to the bottom of this as soon as possible. The implications could be huge.

wandatowell

Tacky. Money cant buy you good taste

Richard Hillman

Leiva wrote: »

Everything thats wrong with the game today summed up in a pair of size 10's.

Not cheating or match fixing or racism, violence in the stands, players getting abused just for being different, assistant referees getting kicked to death by kids, corrupt administrators or managers that blame everyone else apart from themselves?

Nope, Flashy boots sum up whats wrong with the game today.

GavRedKing

Moist Bread wrote: »

We must get to the bottom of this as soon as possible. The implications could be huge.

Could be, I'd make a case that they're not safe and as such could cause an injury to another player, fairly serious IMO.

Schism

They look like they were made from crocodile skin or something! Awful looking things.

Seaneh

Product of the Milan Youth Academy, himself and two of his brothers all came through Milan's youth and Primavera teams but the other two never really got anywhere after a handful of first team games for Milan and a few lower division French clubs and are back in Gambon playing for Sapins FC.

As for Peirre-Emerick, he always looked like the sort of player who had pace and not much else. Bit of a David Bellion/Theo Wallcot/Agbonlahor type.

Their Dad is Milan's main African scout.

SEPT 23 1989

I prefer my Adidas Stratos SL's

EdenHazard

I was gonna say that in fairness this is their career so 2,500 for boots is it that big of a deal but jesus they are the worst looking things ever, like a 4 year old designed them.

Moist Bread

GavRedKing wrote: »

Could be, I'd make a case that they're not safe and as such could cause an injury to another player, fairly serious IMO.

One of the sparkly bits in the eye. Blinded for life.

Moist Bread

Richard Hillman wrote: »

Not cheating or match fixing or racism, violence in the stands, players getting abused just for being different, assistant referees getting kicked to death by kids, corrupt administrators or managers that blame everyone else apart from themselves?

Nope, Flashy boots sum up whats wrong with the game today.

Thank you Richard Hillman for being my moral compass.

Neil3030

Richard Hillman wrote: »

Not cheating or match fixing or racism, violence in the stands, players getting abused just for being different, assistant referees getting kicked to death by kids, corrupt administrators or managers that blame everyone else apart from themselves?

Nope, Flashy boots sum up whats wrong with the game today.

Well actually, many of the points you raise are driven to various degrees by things like a lack of education, hubris, poor taste, egocentricism, vacuity, ostentation and horrendous levels of wealth imbalance.

All of which are encapsulated within this pair of boots.

GavRedKing

Think this belongs here.

joe123

The title of this thread sounds like a Roald Dahl book.

gnfnrhead

GavRedKing wrote: »

Would the crystals not effect your strike of the ball?

Did he only warm up in them or did he play the match inthem also? I'd be surprsied if he played te match in them and they're nothing more then a PR stunt.

That's what I was wondering too. It sounds like he only warmed up in them.

To be fair, if I had spent that much on a pair of boots I sure as hell wouldnt be playing in them! :pac: