dbchoong Posted May 3, 2006 Posted May 3, 2006 Former Liverpool midfielder Craig Johnston claims Wayne Rooney's World Cup-threatening metatarsal injury was directly attributable to the boots he wore at Stamford Bridge. Johnston, who was born in South Africa but raised in Australia, designed footwear for Adidas upon his playing retirement and has been a critic of recent boot designs. England internationals David Beckham, Steven Gerrard and Michael Owen have all suffered a similar injury to that of Rooney's and Johnston insists it is no coincidence. "Rooney's metatarsal was broken because his studs engaged in the turf at Stamford Bridge and it didn't release quickly enough so these injuries are a direct cause of the studs sticking when they should be releasing," Johnston told Sky Sports News. "It has to be looked at immediately. I've been talking about this for two or three years. "I did originally design the Predator traction studs which Gerrard, Zidane and Beckham wear and, towards the end of my time at Adidas, I kept saying we need to make these studs smaller so they don't grip as much so the forces on the knees, ankles and metatarsals aren't as severe. "It's a responsibility factor and everybody in the sports merchandise industry has a responsibility to the ordinary customer as well as these highly-tuned pieces of machinery that are our professional footballers." Source: Sky Sports
Chowbotak Posted May 3, 2006 Posted May 3, 2006 Germany their enemy, wearing Adidas is asking for trouble ;D
f_spider Posted May 3, 2006 Posted May 3, 2006 They should be wearing Umbro , coz its English..................... But then again ...................... Does this hav to do wif d Made In China tag on d boots............... ;D
Spunky Posted May 4, 2006 Posted May 4, 2006 I thought Roo wears Nike maybe they use OEM Adidas studs :o
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