The gold and white boots feature an Argentine flag on their heel area, the years of Messi’s FIFA Ballon d’Or awards (2009, 2010, 2011) and Messi’s recently launched logo on their outside adidas stripes, and the text “FIFA BALLON D’OR PLAYER OF THE YEAR” below their instep adidas stripes.
The adidas adizero f50 has been Messi’s boot of choice since their launch in September 2011. He is expected to debut the new boots during FC Barcelona’s Spanish La Liga meeting with Real Betis on Sunday, January 15th, 2011.