Nike Mercurial Squad | The Three Different Cutting-Edge Nike Mercurial Boot Versions

Sep 17, 2015

by Chris

This picture is awesome. Arturo Vidal, Douglas Costa and Kingsley Coman arrive at the players' tunnel for the warm-up session before the Bundesliga match between FC Bayern München and FC Augsburg on September 12. And all players have one thing in common. They're all wearing the Hyper Pink Nike Mercurial Cleats.

But a closer look reveals that Arturo Vidal, Douglas Costa are not wearing the same cleats, but that each Bayern Munich player laces up in a different version of the striking Nike Mercurial Lightning Storm Pack Boots. So let's define the "three different versions of the Nike Mercurial Football Boots".

Nike Mercurial Squad | Arturo Vidal, Douglas Costa, Kingsley Coman

The boots of Bayern Munich players Vidal, Douglas Costa and Coman.

1 | Douglas Costa - Nike Mercurial Vapor X Boots - Low-Cut: Douglas Costa is wearing a non-modified version of the Nike Mercurial Vapor 10 Boots. The Brazilian winger laced up in the Nike Magista Obra Lightning Storm Pack Cleats in the first matches of the season after he joined Bayern München from Shakhtar Donetsk this summer, while he switched to the low-cut Nike Mercurial Vapor X Boots ahead of the first Bundesliga match.

2 | Kingsley Coman - Nike Mercurial Superfly Boots - High-Cut: Kingsley Coman is wearing the second regular version of the Nike Mercurial Lightning Storm Pack Cleats, the revolutionary Nike Mercurial Superfly Boots. Featuring the trademark Dynamic Fit collar, the Nike Mercurial Superfly Boot changed the design of football boots forever.

3 | Arturo Vidal - Lower-Cut (Cut-off) Nike Mercurial Superfly Boots: FC Bayern Munich midfielder Arturo Vidal, who joined the Bavarian squad from Juventus this summer, is wearing the second version and the non-official 'third version' of the Hyper Pink Nike Mercurial Boots.

The Chilean midfielder cut off the iconic Dynamic Fit collar of his right shoe some weeks ago. As various high-profile players such as Cristiano Ronaldo, Isco and Thiago Alcantara lace up in Nike Mercurial Superfly Boots featuring a lower Dynamic Fit collar, the lower-cut (cut-off) Nike Mercurial Superfly Boots are the third version of the Nike Mercurial.

Nike Mercurial Vapor X, regular Nike Mercurial Superfly or lower-cut Nike Mercurial Superfly. Which one would you wear? Let us know in the comments section below.