{"id":800324,"date":"2026-08-03T01:59:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T01:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/800324\/"},"modified":"2026-08-03T01:59:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T01:59:09","slug":"amad-diallo-spotted-in-blackout-boots-during-pre-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/800324\/","title":{"rendered":"Amad Diallo Spotted in Blackout Boots During Pre-Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    &#13;<br \/>\n                    Amad Diallo&#8217;s Blackout Boots: Manchester United winger Amad Diallo was observed wearing completely blacked-out football boots during pre-season, prompting immediate speculation about his current boot contract status.&#13;<br \/>\n                    Identification of the Boots: Despite initial mystery, the boots were identified as an unreleased blackout version of the Adidas X Speedportal, specifically provided to Diallo by a boot specialist.&#13;<br \/>\n                    Contractual Implications: The wearing of blackout boots often signals contract negotiations or the testing of new products, and in Diallo&#8217;s situation, it strongly suggests that his existing contract with Adidas has come to an end.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Manchester United winger <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footyheadlines.com\/category\/Amad%20Diallo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Amad Diallo<\/a> caught the attention of boot spotters during pre-season after taking the pitch in a pair of completely blacked-out football <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footyheadlines.com\/category\/Boots\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">boots<\/a>. Having consistently worn branded <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footyheadlines.com\/category\/adidas\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Adidas<\/a> footwear, seeing the Ivorian international step out in total-black cleats immediately triggered speculation regarding his boot contract ahead of the 26-27 season.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.footyheadlines.com\/static\/img\/post\/2026\/08\/03\/NtDpgiFHg2qRiRl\/amad-diallo-spotted-in-blackout-boots-during-pre-season.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload\" src=\"\/static\/img\/post\/2026\/08\/03\/NtDpgiFHg2qRiRl\/amad-diallo-spotted-in-blackout-boots-during-pre-season.jpg?s=800\" alt=\"\" data-width=\"647\" data-height=\"863\"\/><\/a><br \/>\nAmad Diallo Wears Adidas X Speedportal Blackout Soccer Cleats<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.footyheadlines.com\/static\/img\/post\/2026\/08\/03\/VsgQpMmx76NDLAb\/amad-diallo-spotted-in-blackout-boots-during-pre-season.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload\" src=\"\/static\/img\/post\/2026\/08\/03\/VsgQpMmx76NDLAb\/amad-diallo-spotted-in-blackout-boots-during-pre-season.jpg?s=800\" alt=\"\" data-width=\"1600\" data-height=\"1600\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Dbc2McQjVd1\/?img_index=4\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Despite initial speculation about a mystery brand or prototype<\/a>, the pair has been identified as an unreleased <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footyheadlines.com\/category\/Blackout\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">blackout<\/a> version of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footyheadlines.com\/category\/Adidas%20X\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Adidas X<\/a> Speedportal, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DbRGa7xiOz0\/?img_index=3\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">provided to the player by boot specialist @soccersupplier_<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.footyheadlines.com\/static\/img\/post\/2026\/08\/03\/lxKQF6uyfHcp1rk\/amad-diallo-spotted-in-blackout-boots-during-pre-season.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload\" src=\"\/static\/img\/post\/2026\/08\/03\/lxKQF6uyfHcp1rk\/amad-diallo-spotted-in-blackout-boots-during-pre-season.jpg?s=800\" alt=\"\" data-width=\"1306\" data-height=\"1600\"\/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.footyheadlines.com\/static\/img\/post\/2026\/08\/03\/yp06TlOkuM8lBEq\/amad-diallo-spotted-in-blackout-boots-during-pre-season.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload\" src=\"\/static\/img\/post\/2026\/08\/03\/yp06TlOkuM8lBEq\/amad-diallo-spotted-in-blackout-boots-during-pre-season.jpg?s=800\" alt=\"\" data-width=\"1312\" data-height=\"1600\"\/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.footyheadlines.com\/static\/img\/post\/2026\/08\/03\/m9tHVLKWFHMeZJ5\/amad-diallo-spotted-in-blackout-boots-during-pre-season.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload\" src=\"\/static\/img\/post\/2026\/08\/03\/m9tHVLKWFHMeZJ5\/amad-diallo-spotted-in-blackout-boots-during-pre-season.jpg?s=800\" alt=\"\" data-width=\"1080\" data-height=\"1080\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Blacked-out boots are commonly worn by high-profile players during contract renewal negotiations, or when testing unreleased boots. Since he wore old Adidas boots, everything indicates that his contract with Adidas has ended.<\/p>\n<p>Do you think Diallo will leave Adidas? Do you like that he chose to wear all-black cleats? Comment below.<\/p>\n<p>                            <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; Amad Diallo&#8217;s Blackout Boots: Manchester United winger Amad Diallo was observed wearing completely blacked-out football boots during&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":800325,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[403,99],"class_list":["post-800324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=800324"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800324\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/800325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=800324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=800324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=800324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}