NEW RELEASE: UMBRO GT

The boot market is crammed full of new boots and you would think there wouldn’t be much space left for a new kid on the block – especially one who has no previous history. Well Umbro are into breaking the mold at the moment and after the successful reinvention of the Speciali and release of the Stealth Pro they now present the GT.

The Umbro GT is a new chapter in Umbro history as they release a boot that is lightweight, strong, sleek and modern. Two colourways have been unveiled: White/Gunmetal/Orange and Black/White/Lime.

Umbro have used a Japanese Teijin micro-fibre, which is super soft and gives you a very comfortable, snug fit. The TPU upper “A-Frame Cradle” provides great support for the midfoot area. The fact that the upper is a single piece of material – therefore no stitching – combined with the perforations across the ankle collar, tongue and sockliner means that the GT is a very light boot – 236g in fact. (That’s not AdiZero light… but that is hard to beat as nothing is…)

It will be interesting to see which of the Umbro wearers change over to the GT. We can’t see John Terry, Joe Hart, Wilson Palacios or Michael Dawson (to name a few) wearing this speed boot. Darren Bent of Sunderland will be one of the first to wear this breakthrough boot.

This is what Bent had to say: “I can’t wait to wear the new Umbro GT. Not only is the boot incredibly lightweight, which will help my speed on the pitch, it also looks good. I like to play my football with a degree of style and it is great to have footwear that reflects this.”

Nike’s acquisition of the Manchester-based company is bearing some really great fruit and perhaps there are some exciting surprises regarding players yet to be unveiled…