NIKE Mercurial 1998 R9 Ronaldo US Sz 8 Vintage Rare
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| Reference Number: Avaluer:778364 | Brand: Nike |
| Sport: Soccer | Type: Shoes |
| US Size: 8 |
NIKE Mercurial 1998 R9 Ronaldo US Sz 8 Made in Italy, I believe they ran small It's a rare vintage limited edition boot. Condition is Used/Pre-owned sole seems brittle please see pictures. Shipped with USPS Priority Mail.
The big Mercurial adventure started in 1998, when Ronaldo, at the World Cup in France, laced up his very own colorway of the Nike Mercurial. It was Nike’s very first boot made entirely from a synthetic material, so it was in many ways groundbreaking.The boot was... introduced in 1998, back when it was still considered strange, when a boot wasn’t black and white. This is how R9 helped to establish the market for colorful boots, which we today see everywhere.
Today a speed boot weighing 250 grams, would be a joke, but in the nineties it was by a mile the lightest boot ever made. It was therefore only fitting that Nike chose to give the boot to the worlds, at the time, most lethal striker in an exclusive colorway. The first Mercurial was made from Nike’s synthetic KNG-100, which is both lighter and stronger than kangaroo leather, - while still emulating the great qualities of the leather from the bouncy animal from Down Under.
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The big Mercurial adventure started in 1998, when Ronaldo, at the World Cup in France, laced up his very own colorway of the Nike Mercurial. It was Nike’s very first boot made entirely from a synthetic material, so it was in many ways groundbreaking.The boot was... introduced in 1998, back when it was still considered strange, when a boot wasn’t black and white. This is how R9 helped to establish the market for colorful boots, which we today see everywhere.
Today a speed boot weighing 250 grams, would be a joke, but in the nineties it was by a mile the lightest boot ever made. It was therefore only fitting that Nike chose to give the boot to the worlds, at the time, most lethal striker in an exclusive colorway. The first Mercurial was made from Nike’s synthetic KNG-100, which is both lighter and stronger than kangaroo leather, - while still emulating the great qualities of the leather from the bouncy animal from Down Under.
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