Louis Tomlinson in UNDER THE TONGUE | THE UNTOLD STORY OF FOOTBALL’S MOST ICONIC BOOT [11.12.2024] composite video courtesy of LouisT91Updates
Shit clap x
Because there was a cultural relevance as well, it went deeper than football. I think that’s what made a lot of young lads and girls resonate there. We didn’t have a lot of money when I were younger, so I didn’t have great boots growing up. Like anyone who didn’t have a pair of Predators, of course I always aspired to have a pair. It was a social statement. I remember looking at those as a kid, and it was just so far out of reach that… it was so far out of reach, it was like this godly thing that I would’ve loved to have had. But [Yorkshire gibberish] I didn’t even really know that many people who had them. There’d be occasionally a Sunday game, where you would see a star player have a pair of Predators on, but it’d be rare to even see them. Which, even that created this mystique and this power in them. x
Stupidly, almost, it does increase confidence. You look good. You feel good, or something like that. I do think there’s an element of that. I mean, don’t get me wrong, I’m not putting the boots on and smashing it in the top bins every time. But I do think it brings on an air of confidence. x
I’m not saying that it wouldn’t have been brilliant. It would’ve just been something else. […] It doesn’t matter how many times I watch that clip. My whole body got goosebumps, man. That’s why we watch football, you know. For those moments. x
To take on the role of essentially being the new face of the Predators… that is an enormous task, in the same way of taking the Number 5 at Madrid. These are big, big decision. x
If I’m looking on at Jude at the moment, it’s just in awe of, not just his ability, but the whole package. (Curtains close.) x
