Pics: Cristiano Ronaldo’s new boots are… an acquired taste

Either April Fools has come early or Cristiano Ronaldo will actually be wearing glittery boots from now on.

The king of flamboyant football is set to be donning suitably flamboyant footwear on the pitch. Nike have just unveiled their brand-spanking new boots designed specifically for Cristiano Ronaldo. Unsurprisingly, the footwear is as flashy and ostentatious as you'd expect from the man who employs a hair stylist to maintain a wax state of himself. What did the marketing geniuses at Nike decide to name this monstrosity, you ask? Well, the boot is called the "Superfly CR7 Silverware" of course. Despite resembling something David Bowie threw out during the Ziggy Stardust years for being too gaudy, CR7 is expected to debut the boots in this weekend's El Clasico. They might not look like the most fearsome footwear on the planet, but perhaps they could serve a secondary function. Given how reflective they appear, CR7 could literally blind the opposition with an artful flick of his ankle to catch the sun at just the right angle. If that doesn't work, they could just be garish enough to harm the opposition's vision without harnessing the power of the sun. Hat-tip to Who Ate All the Pies