.A picture of Lionel Messi flaunting a Collingwood jumper has got tongues twitching. The Magpies shared a picture of the Argentinian football legend to their social networks accounts on Tuesday, and also the upload has actually delivered footy fans into meltdown.Watch every game of the NAB AFL Female's Premiership Season LIVE with no ad-breaks during the course of play on Kayo. New to Kayo? Beginning your totally free trial today > The upload revealed Messi keeping a Collingwood jersey with "Daicos 7/35" on the spine-- those numbers belong to Magpies celebrities Josh and also Nick Daicos.Grand FinalIMAGINE WHAT YOU MAY BE BUYING RATHER. Completely free and classified assistance phone call 1800u00a0858u00a0858 or even explore gamblinghelponline.org.au.Collingwood captioned the blog post: "Trade intended confirmed", with a goat as well as eyes emoji.It's confusing if Messi resided in Australia for the photo ops. Collingwood said to news.com.au the shirt swap occurred at exterior activity two of their gamers were actually invited to and also had not been planned the club.Messi is actually currently in his 2nd time playing for Big league Football side Inter Miami, who get on top of the Eastern Conference status. The MLS finals series starts in overdue Oct. Chip Daicos discussed the photo in an Instagram cd that additionally featured a breeze of an authorized Messi Argentina jacket coming from the 2022 FIFA Globe Cup.Lionel Messi accepts of the black and white strings. Picture: Twitter, @CollingwoodFC. Resource: TwitterNick Daicos got themself a signed Messi shirt. Photograph: Instagram.Source: InstagramCollingwood devoteds couldn't receive good enough of the view of Messi holding a Daicos jersey, along with several followers all making the exact same prank contrasting Messi to Geelong tiny ahead Gryan Miers.It all gets back to an accident involving Miers and analyst Gerard Whateley that went popular in July final year.A bogus tweet attributed to Whateley explained: "Gryan Miers is to AFL what Leo Messi is to football. Messi might boot much more objectives, yet Miers browses the area just as effectively. Maybe even much better than Messi does." The tweet burst as well as gained more footing when the Fox Footy personality hit out at trolls, saying: "I certainly never mentioned this and it must be actually removed." Gryan Miers (right) impersonated Lionel Messi at last year's Mad Monday events. Photo: Jason EdwardsSource: News Corporation AustraliaMiers fed the drama through sprucing up in Messi's complete Argentina set for Geelong's Mad Monday session at the end of the time, as well as the running joke it tackled a brand new life within this year's preliminary last between Brisbane and Geelong. In a limited competition early in the 2nd one-fourth, a hopping reception was just inhibited on the boundary line through Miers.The 25-year-old after that possessed the amount of time too the reception in the direction of the goalsquare in a timeless soccer-style cross, with the flexing Sherrin staying up wonderfully for Ollie Holly to slot the objective." Possesses anybody ever reviewed Gryan Miers to Messi?" Whateley said getting in touch with the second on AFL Nation.So footy followers possessed an industry time as Messi posed along with a Collingwood shirt with Daicos on the back.Jake Buckley pointed out on X: "Congratulations on authorizing Gryan Miers people." Along with the AFL off-season currently industrious, someone quipped: "Business Radio in Argentina about to explode.Messi is in the golden of his profession at Inter Miami. (Photograph by Chris ARJOON/ AFP) Resource: AFPNick Daicos is the one of the AFL's largest young superstars. Picture: NewsWire/ Michael KleinSource: News Corporation AustraliaOne enthusiast composed on Chip Daicos' article: "Messi to collingwood verified?" A second pointed out: "Can Messi break it from 40 on the operate? Daicos my goat." A 3rd joked: "Messi can learn a trait or more from the goat." Yet another added: "Lovely that you obtained Gryan Miers to sign a signature for you." Previous Pies gamer Trey Ruscoe composed: "Ronaldo better." The view of international volleyball superstars promoting other codes in Australia has actually become somewhat of a meme over the last few years. In 2022, Manchester United star Marcus Rashford presented along with a Sherrin at another event ensuring various other Aussie showing off codes that weren't football.The attention act was knocked through nearby volleyball (soccer) analysts as cringe-worthy and a missed possibility to additional enhance the sphere ballgame in Australia.