.A photo of Lionel Messi displaying a Collingwood jumper has obtained tongues twitching. The Magpies discussed a picture of the Argentinian soccer legend to their social media sites accounts on Tuesday, and also the upload has actually sent footy supporters into meltdown.Watch every video game of the NAB AFL Female's Premiership Time LIVE with no ad-breaks throughout play on Kayo. New to Kayo? Start your cost-free test today > The upload showed Messi keeping a Collingwood shirt with "Daicos 7/35" on the back-- those varieties come from Magpies celebrities Josh as well as Scar Daicos.Grand FinalIMAGINE WHAT YOU COULD BE PURCHASING INSTEAD. For Free as well as classified support phone call 1800u00a0858u00a0858 or even check out gamblinghelponline.org.au.Collingwood captioned the blog post: "Trade intended validated", with a goat and also eyes emoji.It's uncertain if Messi was in Australia for the photo op. Collingwood told news.com.au the jacket swap happened at outside event two of their players were invited to and had not been planned the club.Messi is currently in his second period betting Big league Football side Inter Miami, who get on leading of the Eastern Event status. The MLS finals collection begins in overdue Oct. Nick Daicos discussed the photo in an Instagram album that also included a snap of an authorized Messi Argentina jacket coming from the 2022 FIFA Planet Cup.Lionel Messi approves of the monochrome threads. Picture: Twitter, @CollingwoodFC. Resource: TwitterNick Daicos got himself an authorized Messi jersey. Photo: Instagram.Source: InstagramCollingwood devoteds could not get sufficient of the attraction of Messi keeping a Daicos shirt, with lots of followers all creating the same joke reviewing Messi to Geelong tiny forward Gryan Miers.It all goes back to a case entailing Miers and also analyst Gerard Whateley that went virus-like in July last year.An artificial tweet credited to Whateley specified: "Gryan Miers is to AFL what Leo Messi is actually to football. Messi might kick extra objectives, however Miers checks the industry just like effectively. Maybe even better than Messi does." The tweet burst and also gained more footing when the Fox Footy character hit out at trolls, saying: "I never ever said this as well as it should be gotten rid of." Gryan Miers (appropriate) dressed as Lionel Messi at last year's Mad Monday celebrations. Picture: Jason EdwardsSource: Headlines Corp AustraliaMiers stired the melodrama through dressing up in Messi's full Argentina package for Geelong's Mad Monday treatment at the end of the season, and the operating gag it tackled a brand new life in this year's preparatory ultimate in between Brisbane as well as Geelong. In a limited contest early in the 2nd quarter, a bouncing ball was actually only kept in on the boundary line through Miers.The 25-year-old after that had the time to boot the ball towards the goalsquare in a classic soccer-style cross, along with the bending Sherrin sitting up completely for Ollie Holly to port the objective." Possesses any person ever contrasted Gryan Miers to Messi?" Whateley mentioned calling the moment on AFL Nation.So footy fans possessed an area day as Messi posed with a Collingwood shirt along with Daicos on the back.Jake Buckley pointed out on X: "Congratulations on authorizing Gryan Miers fellas." With the AFL off-season currently industrious, one person quipped: "Trade Broadcast in Argentina willing to explode.Messi remains in the golden of his profession at Inter Miami. (Photo through Chris ARJOON/ AFP) Resource: AFPNick Daicos is actually the one of the AFL's most significant younger stars. Picture: NewsWire/ Michael KleinSource: Headlines Corp AustraliaOne fan wrote on Scar Daicos' blog post: "Messi to collingwood validated?" A next pointed out: "Can Messi break it coming from 40 on the run? Daicos my goat." A 3rd joked: "Messi can discover a factor or more from the goat." Yet another included: "Lovely that you obtained Gryan Miers to sign a sign for you." Previous Pies gamer Trey Ruscoe wrote: "Ronaldo much better." The sight of international soccer stars promoting other codes in Australia has actually become relatively of a meme in the last few years. In 2022, Manchester United star Marcus Rashford postured along with a Sherrin at one more contest promoting various other Aussie sporting codes that weren't football.The publicity act was pounded by nearby soccer (soccer) analysts as cringe-worthy and also a missed chance to further enhance the round ballgame in Australia.