Real Madrid‘s star forward Cristiano Ronaldo refuses to wear black boots
as he wants to “feel fast”, the global vice president for Nike Football Footwear Max Blau has revealed.
Ronaldo recently won the Ballon d’Or for the fourth time after helping Los Blancos lift the Champions League and captaining his country Portugal to success at Euro 2016.
Now, Blau has revealed that Ronaldo determines every aspect of his footwear before stepping out on to the field and has spoke of the 31-year-old’s unfathomable desire to improve on what he has achieved previously.
Blau said, as reported by Goal: “It all starts with him. I think he’s amazing but he’s the first to say ‘I can improve’. He says he can get better and will do his part, but he needs us to do ours too. That puts a lot of pressure on us.
“We have to come up with something to help him. That’s how we came up with the new Mercurial Superfly [the boots he currently wears]. Every player has their favourite colour, and it’s been scientifically proven that the colour of the boots activates chemicals in the player’s mind.
“When you feel better, you play better. The main reason of the colour is to give confidence. For example, Ronaldo doesn’t like to wear black boots because he says back looks slow and he wants to feel fast.”
Ronaldo scored 35 goals and provided 11 assists in La Liga last season, while in 11 league appearances this term he has already scored 10 and created two.
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