Both Adidas (Lionel Messi) and Nike (Carli Lloyd) unveiled special football boots to commemorate their players winning the Ballon d'Or and the FIFA Woman Player of the Year awards, respectively.
Adidas will release the next-gen Adidas Ace 16.1 Boots in late January 2016. The first blackout Adidas Ace 2016 Prototype Cleat was already leaked in May 2015. Also coming in January is the brand's first-ever laceless, knitted football boot, the Adidas Ace 16+ PureControl.
In February 2016, Nike will launch new colorways for the Nike Hypervenom, Magista, Mercurial and Tiempo Boots, as well as the first Nike Hypervenom Neymar Signature Cleats of the year.