4 Of The Best Football Boots. For Sale. Right Now

A comprehensive list of the best boots currently on the market, for those of us that have our priorities (and our bank accounts) in order...

1. Nike Magista Obra ($274.99)

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Other than the controversial, though revolutionary, dynamic fit collar - which let's face it transforms a rather ordinary looking boot into some sort of satanic christmas stocking - this is a well rounded boot not to be overlooked. The stealth colorway is sleek and durable against muddy terrain, for the midfielder who is neither shy of getting stuck in nor dancing about his lead-footed opponents. With a soft touch to match the Nike Magista is the footwear of choice for many players at topflight.

2. Nike Hypervenom Phantom ($142.19)

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Quite simply the most comfortable boot for sale, so if you hate blisters and pampering your feet every evening in a lavender scented bath salt soak would require the kind of gender-identity crisis that you simply don't have the patience for right now, then buy these boots. Nike seems to have finally perfected the NikeSkin upper, which holds up in rain or shine, and expands to optimize agility. Ideal for excitable wingers, it is a light fit and the outward lace placement is suitable for the kind of whipped in cross that will finally shut up your sulking, winging foul mouth of a striker.

3. Nike Tiempo Legend V ($189.99)

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A longstanding original with a twist, a classic with a bit more "sic(k)", a glass of champagne with a shot of orange juice. This mimosa of modern footwear is a shoe in for deep lying midfielders and defenders hoping to coat their clumsy feet in something a bit more glamorous. The Tiempo has always been a crowd favorite, but subtle attention to detail like mesh stitching and a chrome tongue separate this generation's model from the rest. Nike seems surely to have laid a few more stud marks as they continue to break away from their "dassled" German competitors, Adidas.

4. Pantofola d'Oro Lazzarini Italia ($249.99)

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Said to have been manufactured from the rawhide of a unicorn, this impossibly soft, unmistakably Italian construction of fine art, which just so conveniently happens to be fixed in the shape of a football boot, will not only spare you blisters but will likely mend any existing imperfections. Though quite a rarity on the English football pitch, Pantofolas can be spotted in Serie A, still boasting the same expert craftsmanship as in 1886 when the old Lazzarini cobbler’s shop was founded. No doubt a beauty, but arguably more deserving of a book shelf than a football pitch.