- Model: New Balance Furon V8 Elite
- Player: Bukayo Saka
- Condition: Match Worn & Dual Signed
- Season: 2024/25
- Size: Left: UK10/US10.5 | Right: UK10.25/US10.75
- Soleplate: FG
- Made in: Vietnam (New Balance Athlete Services)
- Player features:
- An ultra-rare, photo-matched piece match worn & dual hand signed by Arsenal & England’s star-boy Bukayo Saka during the 2024/25 season with Arsenal.
- Personalised with ‘GOD’S CHILD’ along with Saka’s custom logo etched into each boot.
- Worn in the 2024/25 UEFA Champions League Quarter-Finals where Arsenal defeated the holders, Real Madrid, to reach the Semis.
- Photo-matched to multiple up-close in-game shots with unique reference points (custom heel logo, ‘GOD’S CHILD’ detailing, soleplate, pitch marks, wear patterns, personalisation placement, bobble within the knit material).
- Dual signed piece, ultra-rare for any match-worn item of Saka to be signed – especially with such clear, un-rushed autographs in which this piece is accompanied, along with the message “Best Wishes”.
- Custom-built in Vietnam by New Balance’s athlete services division to Saka’s exact specifications & requirements, including bespoke insoles & odd, quarter sizing.
- Rare match worn artefact from Saka’s standout 2024/25 season with Arsenal.
- Supplied with BC Boots UK Certification Package.
- Match History:
UEFA Champions League Quarter-Finals:
- 8th April 2025 — Arsenal 3-0 Real Madrid, Emirates Stadium.
- Player Features & Modifications
- Custom Construction (New Balance Athlete Services):
- Hand-built, made-to-measure boots tailored to Saka’s foot shape.
- Bespoke heel construction — unique shape sculpted to prevent discomfort and blisters, finished externally with Saka’s personal logo which incorporates his initials ‘BS’ with the ‘S’ designed as a lightning bolt running through the centre of the ‘B’ to represent his electric-fast playing style.
- Insoles:
- Custom insoles built specifically for Saka, fitted with additional layers of padding in the underside heel areas with millimetre precision.
- Personalisation:
- ‘GOD’S CHILD’ etched onto each lateral side.
- Saka’s custom logo to each heel.
- Sizing Adjustments:
- Odd + quarter sizing – an athlete-exclusive specification, something which has never been available to the general public on any form of New Balance football equipment.
- Left boot sized UK10 – right boot sized UK10.25.
- Wear Provenance:
- Distinct pitch wear, upper creasing, knit material bobbling & indentations consistent with multiple in-game match images.
- Heavily photo-matched across multiple images in the 3-0 win over Real Madrid in the Champions League.
- Collector & Investment Significance
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Elite Winger Status: These boots have not only been match-worn, but also dual hand signed by one of the world’s best wingers on the biggest stage.
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Dual Signed: Ultra-clear, un-rushed signature to the forefoot area of each boot along with the message “Best Wishes” written by Saka adds a whole other level of rarity to this piece.
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Photo-Matched Provenance: Rock-solid authenticity across multiple photo-matches in the 2024/25 UEFA Champions League Quarter-Finals.
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Investment Security: As Saka’s career continues its upward trajectory — already 2x England Men’s Player of the Year & PFA Young Player of the Year winner, and central to both Arsenal & England — photo-matched, dual signed match-worn boots like this will become blue-chip collector assets.
