these football boots are so crazy that they literally took over 50 hours to make but yet they cost 20 times less than a pair of boots owned by Messi but I'll get back to that later so who's the footballer that put workers through 50 hours of hard work just so he'd be able to wear some Iced Out boots on the pitch none other than Mr pierre-emerick aubameyang in 2012 Alba was a young and promising player for Santa Tien 23 years old and everyone knew him already for his lightning speed and signature mohawk hairstyles the most
of all for his love of attention and bling and during a random game against Leon Alba stepped on the field in a pair of shoes that broke necks all around the world just look at how shiny these custom Nike Vapor boots are incredible they were made by designers at orovan who encrusted four thousand of their crystals on the boots they feature Alba's initials shirt number and even the club logo so when I saw the price of these shoes I wasn't even that surprised these shoes cost our favorite gabonese player just over three thousand dollars at
the time but back in the day this was quite a lot of money for Alba so he actually only wore them in training and as soon as the game started he switched them up for some normal boots what a shame this man just wanted to flex his ice on everyone and it worked would you get diamond encrusted boots if you had that kind of money I'm not sure to be honest but mama do Saku definitely knew and when he pulled up to a friendly match against Brazil he wore a pair that almost blinded everyone on
the pitch o had just sealed a deal with Liverpool and was excited to play in the Premier League who wouldn't this was back in 2013 everyone wanted to be in the EPL but it looks like he was even more excited to play against Brazil than in the EPL because on the day of the friendly Sako commissioned some custom-made Nike boots that got everyone talking and these were not just any boots they had over 2 500 crystals on each foot and the price was mental it cost him fifteen hundred dollars for each shoe and let me
tell you these boots are beautiful unlike the boots Mario Balotelli used to wear I think we can all agree Super Mario is definitely one of the most controversial footballers ever he Ruffles a lot of feathers and managed to tickle puma in the ear with one of them so they decided to give him a deal and make custom boots for Mario the shoes seemed nice at first they had one with newspaper headlines printed on them and the words why Always Puma on them if you don't know what this refers to please unsubscribe but then they revealed
the new Puma Evo power mb9 and Lord have mercy look at me Mario the shoe had Mario's Famous words why Always me on them pretty cool that's not where the issue is for me but then you have a look at the back of the shoe Puma had put some hair at the heel of the boots to represent Balotelli's mohawk looks like they took the customization a little too far with this one who the hell would wear something like that can you imagine if they had done the same for a player like Fellaini just literally covered
in hair thankfully they didn't but Fellaini did actually Rock a pair of boots that should really only be seen on only fans yeah you heard me right it was back in 2013 when a brand called Warrior was eager to break into the football industry they launched a boot in collaboration with Marouane called The Gambler the shoes aren't too bad nothing special well that's until once again you look at the back there is literally a hole in the back of it supposedly it makes it easier to pull them onto your feet okay sure why not the
issue is the name they decided to give this special hole they literally called it the glory hole if you don't know what a glory hole is please don't Google it don't say I didn't warn you but that's not even the worst part just look at the catchphrase they use to advertise this hole for Precision Fit in sticky situations come on Warrior I mean who the hell in their marketing team let this one slide but at least they didn't get into any legal trouble unlike David Beckham's boots who almost got him locked up for six months
quick note if you've already watched my video on banned accessories from football you might want to skip this one David Beckham had just moved to Los Angeles to play for LA Galaxy but things were already starting to go south and it was all because of his boots see Adidas offered Beckham some custom boots called the Adidas Predator and the name was very well chosen considering they were made from kangaroo skin and it just so happened that it's illegal to hunt and kill kangaroos in California so he was facing a five thousand dollar fine or six
months in prison obviously the multi-millionaire Bridge chose to pay the fine boots were later completely banned along with all other boots that had been made with kangaroo skin but hey Elise Beckham's boots look dope because the next one on the list is nothing to write home about I'll go straight to the point with this one these boots are absolutely hideous for a pair that was inspired by dragons these are the Opposites of fire they were launched in 2014 by Adidas in collaboration with the Japanese fashion designer Yoji Yamamoto they wanted to make something different something
we had never seen before and don't get me wrong the man is a great designer but clearly dropped the ball on these boots pun intended I hope the inspiration of the boot harmonizes the players and gives them extra confidence to express themselves without any fear people should feel free to express themselves just follow your own instinct that's how he described them I don't know about you but this boot harmonizes me and my mates and gives us the confidence to throw them in the bin without any fear if you keep these under your bed you could
finally say there's a monster under there we would never have seen such a pair being released back in George best's era back then things were much much simpler now I know this might sound crazy to you right now but there is a time when footballers only wore black boots designers weren't trying to shake things up with Dragons or Mohawks but when they decided they wanted to try something new there was only one man with the swag and lifestyle at the time to promote These Boots George best ruled the football field sure but he loved the
nightclubs even more so in 1974 he got some custom Stylo matchmakers that had a white stripe from the toe to the heel it sounds normal to us but back then people went crazy for things like this but you see best was not the only one to shake things up in the 70s Alan Ball Jr actually took things even further during a game between Everton and Chelsea in the charity Shield all players arrives with their black boots as usual but Alan was tired of being the same so he decided to rock up to the pitch in
all white boots he was the man he was the Neymar of the 70s and the best part is he actually got paid over two thousand four hundred dollars to wear these shoes might not seem like much nowadays but remember back then Ballers weren't getting paid Millions I'm sure 2 400 was good money back then but there was only one problem the boots were absolute trash so Allen had a crazy plan and called on the people at Adidas to help him honestly this man is a menace to be honest Lads they were crap like cardboard so
I got the young apprentices to paint my Adidas football boots white it was great till one day it rained and the black came through a not too happy watching Hummel reps saw what I'd done so I said goodbye to the two grand hey hats off to Alan he won't compromise his performance for anything not even thousands of dollars but let's go back to the present and look at one of the greatest of all time Lionel Messi see he wore a pair of boots that could pay 200 times what Alan got in his deal and before
you click off the video my Ronaldo fans you're the reason I had to say one of the greatest so stay with me you won't be disappointed so remember when Leo broke pele's record for most goals scored for a single club by scoring his 644th goal for Barcelona back in 2020 well instead of celebrating this achievement by going to the club with his mates he decided to auction off his game-worn boots for charity man this guy is special [Music] how much do you think they sold for put it in the comments right now I can guarantee
you'll be shocked and whilst you're at it don't forget to subscribe for the best football content on YouTube Ready the boots ended up selling for 173 thousand dollars that's absolutely insane for a pair of shoes but honestly for a man like Messi I wouldn't be surprised if they had been sold for more than a million because the man himself is one in a million if you want to see another video on Lionel make sure to watch this video to see how he spends his millions you'll be surprised trust me
