.A picture of Lionel Messi exhibiting a Collingwood jumper has acquired tongues wagging. The Magpies discussed a picture of the Argentinian volleyball legend to their social media sites accounts on Tuesday, and also the upload has actually sent footy followers right into meltdown.Watch every activity of the NAB AFL Women's Premiership Period LIVE with no ad-breaks during use Kayo. New to Kayo? Start your totally free test today > The upload revealed Messi holding a Collingwood shirt along with "Daicos 7/35" on the back-- those amounts belong to Magpies stars Josh and Nick Daicos.Grand FinalIMAGINE WHAT YOU CAN BE ACQUIRING RATHER. Absolutely free as well as confidential help telephone call 1800u00a0858u00a0858 or visit gamblinghelponline.org.au.Collingwood captioned the article: "Exchange target confirmed", with a goat and eyes emoji.It's uncertain if Messi was in Australia for the photo op. Collingwood said to news.com.au the jacket substitution happened at external celebration 2 of their gamers were invited to as well as had not been organised the club.Messi is presently in his second time betting Big league Football edge Inter Miami, that get on best of the Eastern Event status. The MLS finals series starts in late October. Nick Daicos shared the photograph in an Instagram album that additionally featured a breeze of an authorized Messi Argentina jersey coming from the 2022 FIFA World Cup.Lionel Messi authorizes of the black and white threads. Picture: Twitter, @CollingwoodFC. Resource: TwitterNick Daicos snagged himself a signed Messi jacket. Photo: Instagram.Source: InstagramCollingwood devoteds couldn't get good enough of the attraction of Messi storing a Daicos jacket, with numerous followers all creating the very same prank reviewing Messi to Geelong tiny onward Gryan Miers.It all gets back to an accident involving Miers as well as analyst Gerard Whateley that went popular in July final year.A phony tweet attributed to Whateley mentioned: "Gryan Miers is actually to AFL what Leo Messi is to football. Messi may boot a lot more targets, yet Miers browses the industry equally as properly. Maybe even better than Messi performs." The tweet exploded as well as obtained even more traction when the Fox Footy individual struck out at trolls, pointing out: "I never said this and also it ought to be cleared away." Gryan Miers (correct) impersonated Lionel Messi at last year's Mad Monday festivities. Photo: Jason EdwardsSource: News Corporation AustraliaMiers stired the scene through sprucing up in Messi's total Argentina set for Geelong's Mad Monday treatment at the end of the period, as well as the operating joke it handled a brand new lifestyle within this year's initial final between Brisbane and also Geelong. In a strict contest early in the second fourth, a bouncing ball was actually merely inhibited on the boundary line through Miers.The 25-year-old after that had the moment also the ball towards the goalsquare in a classic soccer-style cross, along with the flexing Sherrin sitting up completely for Ollie Henry to slot the goal." Has anybody ever before matched up Gryan Miers to Messi?" Whateley mentioned getting in touch with the minute on AFL Nation.So footy enthusiasts possessed an industry day as Messi positioned with a Collingwood jacket with Daicos on the back.Jake Buckley pointed out on X: "Kudos on signing Gryan Miers guys." Along with the AFL off-season currently in full swing, someone quipped: "Business Radio in Argentina about to explode.Messi is in the twilight of his occupation at Inter Miami. (Picture through Chris ARJOON/ AFP) Resource: AFPNick Daicos is actually the one of the AFL's most significant younger celebrities. Photo: Wire Service/ Michael KleinSource: Information Corp AustraliaOne follower wrote on Nick Daicos' post: "Messi to collingwood validated?" A next stated: "Can Messi break it from 40 on the run? Daicos my goat." A third joked: "Messi can discover a thing or 2 from the goat." An additional included: "Adorable that you got Gryan Miers to authorize a signature for you." Previous Cakes player Trey Ruscoe composed: "Ronaldo a lot better." The attraction of global football superstars promoting various other codes in Australia has come to be quite of a meme in the last few years. In 2022, Manchester United celebrity Marcus Rashford positioned with a Sherrin at an additional tournament promoting various other Aussie showing off codes that weren't football.The attention act was actually slammed by regional volleyball (soccer) analysts as cringe-worthy and also a missed out on chance to further enhance the around ballgame in Australia.