.A picture of Lionel Messi exhibiting a Collingwood jumper has actually obtained tongues swing. The Magpies discussed an image of the Argentinian football legend to their social media profiles on Tuesday, and the upload has sent footy fans into meltdown.Watch every activity of the NAB AFL Women's Premiership Time LIVE with no ad-breaks during play on Kayo. New to Kayo? Beginning your free of cost test today > The upload revealed Messi carrying a Collingwood shirt with "Daicos 7/35" on the back-- those numbers come from Magpies celebrities Josh as well as Scar Daicos.Grand FinalIMAGINE WHAT YOU CAN BE ACQUIRING INSTEAD. Completely free and private assistance telephone call 1800u00a0858u00a0858 or even explore gamblinghelponline.org.au.Collingwood captioned the post: "Exchange intended verified", along with a goat and eyes emoji.It's not clear if Messi was in Australia for the photo opportunity. Collingwood told news.com.au the jersey swap occurred at outside activity two of their players were welcomed to as well as wasn't arranged the club.Messi is currently in his second season playing for Major League Football edge Inter Miami, who are on best of the Eastern Association status. The MLS finals set begins in late Oct. Chip Daicos shared the photo in an Instagram album that also featured a piece of cake of a signed Messi Argentina jacket coming from the 2022 FIFA Globe Cup.Lionel Messi accepts of the black and white threads. Image: Twitter, @CollingwoodFC. Source: TwitterNick Daicos snagged themself a signed Messi shirt. Image: Instagram.Source: InstagramCollingwood devoteds couldn't get enough of the view of Messi keeping a Daicos jacket, with several followers all creating the same prank reviewing Messi to Geelong tiny forward Gryan Miers.It all gets back to an incident entailing Miers and commentator Gerard Whateley that went virus-like in July last year.An artificial tweet credited to Whateley explained: "Gryan Miers is actually to AFL what Leo Messi is actually to football. Messi might boot even more targets, but Miers scans the industry equally properly. Maybe even much better than Messi does." The tweet burst as well as gained additional traction when the Fox Footy personality attacked out at giants, saying: "I never ever claimed this and also it ought to be actually gotten rid of." Gryan Miers (appropriate) dressed as Lionel Messi at last year's Mad Monday occasions. Photo: Jason EdwardsSource: News Corp AustraliaMiers stired the theatrics by dressing up in Messi's complete Argentina set for Geelong's Mad Monday treatment at the end of the period, as well as the running joke it took on a new lifestyle within this year's preliminary final in between Brisbane and Geelong. In a limited contest early in the 2nd one-fourth, a bouncing ball was only kept in on the boundary line by Miers.The 25-year-old after that possessed the time too the ball in the direction of the goalsquare in a timeless soccer-style cross, along with the bending over Sherrin sitting up flawlessly for Ollie Holly to port the objective." Has anyone ever reviewed Gryan Miers to Messi?" Whateley claimed getting in touch with the moment on AFL Nation.So footy supporters possessed an area time as Messi posed with a Collingwood jacket with Daicos on the back.Jake Buckley pointed out on X: "Kudos on authorizing Gryan Miers guys." With the AFL off-season now industrious, someone quipped: "Trade Radio in Argentina ready to explode.Messi is in the twilight of his occupation at Inter Miami. (Photograph through Chris ARJOON/ AFP) Source: AFPNick Daicos is the some of the AFL's greatest youthful superstars. Image: NewsWire/ Michael KleinSource: News Corporation AustraliaOne supporter created on Scar Daicos' message: "Messi to collingwood affirmed?" A second pointed out: "Can Messi snap it coming from 40 on the run? Daicos my goat." A third joked: "Messi could discover a thing or two from the goat." Yet another added: "Lovely that you got Gryan Miers to sign a signature for you." Previous Pies player Trey Ruscoe created: "Ronaldo better." The attraction of global volleyball celebrities advertising various other codes in Australia has actually become relatively of a meme in recent times. In 2022, Manchester United celebrity Marcus Rashford postured with a Sherrin at another event marketing other Aussie sporting codes that weren't football.The attention feat was actually slammed by nearby soccer (soccer) analysts as cringe-worthy and an overlooked option to more enhance the around ballgame in Australia.