Global Boot Spotting - 17/10/2016 : Boot Spotting : Soccer Bible

International football at the start of the week turns into domestic action by the weekend. We've scoured through the past seven days of football to pick out our selection of the hottest boots on show from the Middle East to Middlesbrough. New releases, custom designs and your usual mixed bag of randoms. Let's go...

Etienne Capoue (Watford) Nike Mercurial Superfly IV

Etienne Capoue has made his situation with Nike pretty clear recently. The Watford midfielder began the season with a flurry of goals wearing standard colourway Nike boots, and maybe he's looking to cash in on those performances as he was in action at the weekend in an all black edition of the previous Nike Mercurial Superfly IV. Creating an almost invisible boot look matched with his black socks, the Volt Swoosh on the soleplate being the only splash of colour.

Diego Maradona (Match of Peace) Puma evoSPEED 1.4

Diego Maradona was back in action this week for a charity game 'Match of Peace' with other footballing legends. The Argentine magician has stayed loyal to the brand that supported him throughout his career, PUMA, and wore the previous evoSPEED 1.4 edition in the game. Of course, nothing is straight forward with Maradona, and even in this charity game he ended up squabbling with Juan Sebastian Veron throughout.

Isco (Real Madrid) Nike Mercurial Vapor IX

Isco helped himself to a couple of goals as Real Madrid ran riot at Real Betis with a 6-1 win on Saturday evening. The Spanish midfielder has been wearing all of Nike's supplied colourways of the Mercurial Vapor XI up until this weekend when he decided to switch back into the Mercurial Vapor IX. Only he'll know the real reason, but it's a surprising change up considering he wore the eleventh generation in the Champions League Final and throughout pre-season. He even switched into the new Floodlights Pack a couple of weeks ago. Isco isn't alone in the Real Madrid camp, with Benzema and Marcelo also wearing previous generation boots.

Paul Huntingdon (Preston) adidas 11Pro

Preston North End defender Paul Huntington was keeping things traditional at the weekend by wearing an all black edition of the adidas 11Pro. Huntington has managed to customise his boots with a complete blackout design and a soft ground soleplate to winter equip his footwear as Preston returned to league action with a 2-2 draw at Brighton.

Memphis Depay (Netherlands) Under Armour Spotlight 2.0

Memphis Depay got some much needed minutes on pitch as the Netherlands took on France in a 2018 World Cup qualifier last week. The Dutch winger used the game to switch into the latest Under Amour Spotlight 2.0 Camo design. The Camo design follows the 20th Anniversary Metallic makeover and Memphis Depay signature "Dreamchaser" edition, but Under Armour will be hoping Depay can force is way into the United team to reap the full rewards of their multi-million pound investment.

Anna Filbey (England) Nike Hypervenom Phantom II

England's girls bowed out of the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup quarter final in Jordan to a strong Japanese team last week. The pick of the boot spotting action from the young lionesses came via Anna Filbey's all red Nike Hypervenom Phantom II boots. The custom paint job matched up perfectly with the England home socks for a continuous design. Smart.

Sardar Azmoun (Iran) adidas X 16.1

Sardar Azmoun was sporting the adidas Viper Pack as his Iran side took on South Korea in Tehran. The reptile wrap on the X and ACE was worn by limited numbers of players on pitch, including Paul Pogba, but disappeared just as quickly as it emerged. The Viper Pack is arguably one of the most underrated low-key drops of Autumn and Azmoun has bagged a pair of the X 16.1 editions.

Kasper Dolberg (Ajax) adidas Messi 16+ PureAgility

Lionel Messi's latest signature colourway landed last week in the form of the 'Space Dust' Messi 16+ PureAgility. The man himself didn't switch into his new design this weekend and even when he does, he's more than likely to rep the 16.1 editions. Step up Kasper Dolberg. The Ajax man wasted no time in flying the Messi flag by getting hold of the top-spec PureAgility silo. It's not the on-pitch debut adidas would have wanted but it's evidence of how smart they look on the grass.

Auiles Hurtado (Tijuana) Nike Mercurial Vapor X

Tijuana's peculiar red boot rule is one of the most obscure trends in football. The Mexican club strongly advise all their players to sport red football boots to match the club's home colours. This leads to some beautiful custom red boots and some terribly botched customisations. Auiles Hurtado's version of the Nike Mercurial Vapor X sits somewhere towards the latter category.

Kohei Kudo (Matsumoto Yamaga) Puma King

Matsumoto Yamaga's Kohei Kudo mixed things up at the weekend by wearing a traditional black and white PUMA King on his right root and a white and black design on his left. The PUMA King is one of the most famous football boots of all time and the odd-boot trend was invented by Cameroon defender Rigobert Song in the 1998 World Cup, a look that PUMA have drawn inspiration from for their trademark 'Tricks' collection.