Footballers and pink boot

THE latest shock tactic in football has been unveiled by Nike: the pink Mercurial Rosa boot.

And you can see what reaction it has caused among football's finest — including Rio Ferdinand, Cesc Fabregas, Gabby Agbonlahor and Theo Walcott — in the latest Nike video viral.

You also might not catch no-nonsense midfielder Mark van Bommel wearing pink boots, but the FC Bayern München captain will forgive Franck Ribéry his latest fashion statement due to Frenchman continues his scintillating form for the club.

Ribéry gave a debut to his Pink Panthers in Saturday's 4-1 Bundesliga victory over FC Energie Cottbus, scoring his sixth goal in seven outings for Bayern.

"I'm more of a classic guy, but when you're that good you can get away with wearing them," Van Bommel conceded.

But who is man enough to be pretty in pink in the new Nikes? Arsenal's Nicklas Bendtner!
Nicklas Bendtner has got the whole world talking about his Pink Nike Mercurial Vapor Rosa football boots after striking an excellent late winning goal for Arsenal in the Champions League!

Bendtner has announced to the world Nike's ground-breaking Mercurial Vapor Rosa football boots, a boot packed with innovation. Flying out of Nike's speed range the Mercurial Vapor football boots boast such superstars as Cristiano Ronaldo, Robinho and Franck Ribery!

To find out more about the Nike Mercurial Rosa, which uses Nike Mercurial Vapor IV technology, go to www.nikefootball.com

See the new Nike Mercurial Vapor Rosa Pink Berry Football Boots in action on the Pink Panther himself, Franck Ribery