.A photo of Lionel Messi flaunting a Collingwood jumper has acquired tongues swing. The Magpies discussed a photo of the Argentinian football legend to their social networking sites accounts on Tuesday, and the upload has actually sent footy supporters right into meltdown.Watch every game of the NAB AFL Women's Premiership Period cope with no ad-breaks during the course of use Kayo. New to Kayo? Beginning your free trial today > The upload showed Messi keeping a Collingwood jersey with "Daicos 7/35" on the spine-- those numbers belong to Magpies stars Josh and also Nick Daicos.Grand FinalIMAGINE WHAT YOU CAN BE PURCHASING AS AN ALTERNATIVE. Free of charge and also confidential support phone call 1800u00a0858u00a0858 or even visit gamblinghelponline.org.au.Collingwood captioned the blog post: "Trade intended verified", along with a goat as well as eyes emoji.It's uncertain if Messi was in Australia for the photo op. Collingwood informed news.com.au the shirt substitution occurred at outside event 2 of their gamers were actually invited to as well as had not been planned the club.Messi is presently in his 2nd time playing for Big league Soccer side Inter Miami, who get on best of the Eastern Association standings. The MLS finals collection starts in overdue October. Chip Daicos discussed the image in an Instagram cd that also included a breeze of an authorized Messi Argentina jersey coming from the 2022 FIFA Planet Cup.Lionel Messi approves of the monochrome strings. Photograph: Twitter, @CollingwoodFC. Source: TwitterNick Daicos got themself an authorized Messi jersey. Picture: Instagram.Source: InstagramCollingwood diehards couldn't acquire enough of the attraction of Messi holding a Daicos shirt, with many followers all creating the exact same joke matching up Messi to Geelong tiny onward Gryan Miers.It all returns to an accident including Miers and analyst Gerard Whateley that went virus-like in July final year.A fake tweet credited to Whateley mentioned: "Gryan Miers is to AFL what Leo Messi is actually to football. Messi may boot even more goals, however Miers checks the field equally well. Perhaps even much better than Messi performs." The tweet blew up as well as gained more grip when the Fox Footy personality reached out at monsters, stating: "I certainly never stated this and also it needs to be removed." Gryan Miers (correct) dressed as Lionel Messi at last year's Mad Monday events. Image: Jason EdwardsSource: Updates Corp AustraliaMiers fed the theatrics by dressing up in Messi's complete Argentina kit for Geelong's Mad Monday session in the end of the season, and also the managing trick it handled a new life in this particular year's preliminary final between Brisbane as well as Geelong. In a limited contest early in the second one-fourth, a hopping ball was just kept in on the perimeter line by Miers.The 25-year-old after that had the amount of time too the reception towards the goalsquare in a classic soccer-style cross, along with the flexing Sherrin sitting up completely for Ollie Henry to slot the target." Has any individual ever before compared Gryan Miers to Messi?" Whateley stated getting in touch with the instant on AFL Nation.So footy followers had an area day as Messi postured with a Collingwood shirt with Daicos on the back.Jake Buckley claimed on X: "Kudos on authorizing Gryan Miers fellas." With the AFL off-season right now industrious, a single person quipped: "Profession Broadcast in Argentina about to explode.Messi resides in the twilight of his career at Inter Miami. (Image through Chris ARJOON/ AFP) Resource: AFPNick Daicos is actually the among the AFL's most significant young stars. Photo: NewsWire/ Michael KleinSource: Updates Corp AustraliaOne enthusiast wrote on Chip Daicos' blog post: "Messi to collingwood verified?" A next pointed out: "Can Messi snap it coming from 40 on the run? Daicos my goat." A third joked: "Messi could find out a trait or two coming from the goat." Another added: "Cute that you acquired Gryan Miers to sign a signature for you." Former Pies player Trey Ruscoe created: "Ronaldo a lot better." The sight of worldwide volleyball stars ensuring various other codes in Australia has actually ended up being rather of a meme recently. In 2022, Manchester United star Marcus Rashford postured with a Sherrin at an additional contest promoting other Aussie sporting codes that weren't football.The publicity act was hammered by local area football (soccer) commentators as cringe-worthy as well as an overlooked possibility to further elevate the sphere ballgame in Australia.