Cristiano Ronaldo's feet speak loud and clear. Barefoot soccer shoes.

No way.

I can’t convince my 11-year-old son.

Whenever the topic of playing football at recess or on any improvised field comes up, he always says the same thing:

"Dad, there’s no barefoot footwear for playing futsal."

And then he starts talking to me about the Nikes his friend Álvaro wears, or Messi’s Adidas…

And there I am, with my usual speech.

He’s been hearing it for 11 years and listens as if it were just background noise.

They say that when you become a father you’ll eat a lot of humble pie…

Well, I’ve already had more than a dozen servings and it doesn’t seem to stop.

Until now.

Because it turns out Mustang has pulled out of its sleeve a specific line for playing football at recess or wherever kids come up with.

And it’s not just some barefoot freak saying this on a lost forum on the Internet.

This is endorsed by none other than Dr. Juanjo López, the personal doctor of Carlos Alcaraz, the tennis player who seems to come from another planet.

And what’s special about these Mustang Free?

Well, apart from a wide toe box, so toes don’t end up squashed like packed sausages, high flexibility and a stitched sole, so it withstands kicks, drags, and playground stomps.

Plus.

They have a front reinforcement, so you don’t have to tape them up like war boots.

And the best part is that now, when I bring up football, he no longer looks at me like “Dad, you’re outdated.”

Now he puts them on, shows them to his friends, and says they’re the ones Carlos Alcaraz recommends.

Unbelievable.

Here they are: Mustang Free Bolt for futsal or the schoolyard.

Anyway.

You can carry on as if nothing’s happening and let your kids wear those Messi shoes that look like submarines, they’re so narrow.

Or you can choose for them to go to school, the park, and life with shoes that don’t restrict their feet.

You know, development starts in the feet, not in the next fashion ad.

Health starts in your feet.

Antonio Caballo.

P.S. This picture of Cristiano Ronaldo may not say much to you, but look at his feet… they say a lot.

Do you think he just wears the first thing he finds in the closet?

Exactly.