.A picture of Lionel Messi flaunting a Collingwood jumper has received tongues twitching. The Magpies discussed a picture of the Argentinian volleyball legend to their social networking sites accounts on Tuesday, and also the upload has actually delivered footy fans in to meltdown.Watch every activity of the NAB AFL Female's Premiership Period deal with no ad-breaks throughout play on Kayo. New to Kayo? Start your free of charge trial today > The upload presented Messi keeping a Collingwood shirt along with "Daicos 7/35" on the back-- those numbers come from Magpies superstars Josh and Chip Daicos.Grand FinalIMAGINE WHAT YOU CAN BE ACQUIRING RATHER. Free of charge and also classified assistance phone call 1800u00a0858u00a0858 or see gamblinghelponline.org.au.Collingwood captioned the post: "Exchange intended verified", along with a goat as well as eyes emoji.It's uncertain if Messi remained in Australia for the photo ops. Collingwood informed news.com.au the jacket substitution happened at exterior activity two of their gamers were actually invited to as well as wasn't planned the club.Messi is presently in his second time playing for Major League Soccer side Inter Miami, that get on best of the Eastern Event status. The MLS finals set starts in late Oct. Scar Daicos discussed the image in an Instagram cd that likewise featured a breeze of a signed Messi Argentina jersey from the 2022 FIFA World Cup.Lionel Messi permits of the monochrome strings. Picture: Twitter, @CollingwoodFC. Source: TwitterNick Daicos got himself an authorized Messi jersey. Image: Instagram.Source: InstagramCollingwood diehards could not receive good enough of the view of Messi storing a Daicos shirt, with several followers all making the same joke contrasting Messi to Geelong little ahead Gryan Miers.It all returns to an incident including Miers and commentator Gerard Whateley that went virus-like in July final year.A bogus tweet attributed to Whateley said: "Gryan Miers is to AFL what Leo Messi is to football. Messi might kick even more targets, yet Miers scans the area equally as properly. Maybe even better than Messi performs." The tweet exploded and got additional grip when the Fox Footy personality hit out at giants, saying: "I certainly never said this and also it must be cleared away." Gryan Miers (correct) impersonated Lionel Messi at last year's Mad Monday celebrations. Picture: Jason EdwardsSource: Information Corp AustraliaMiers fed the melodrama through dressing up in Messi's full Argentina package for Geelong's Mad Monday treatment at the end of the period, and also the running gag it handled a brand-new lifestyle in this particular year's preparatory last between Brisbane and Geelong. In a tight contest early in the 2nd one-fourth, a bouncing reception was simply kept in on the border line through Miers.The 25-year-old at that point possessed the amount of time to boot the ball in the direction of the goalsquare in a classic soccer-style cross, along with the bending over Sherrin staying up wonderfully for Ollie Henry to slot the objective." Possesses anyone ever matched up Gryan Miers to Messi?" Whateley pointed out phoning the moment on AFL Nation.So footy supporters had an industry day as Messi postured along with a Collingwood shirt with Daicos on the back.Jake Buckley mentioned on X: "Congrats on signing Gryan Miers people." Along with the AFL off-season now in full swing, a single person quipped: "Business Radio in Argentina willing to explode.Messi remains in the golden of his job at Inter Miami. (Picture by Chris ARJOON/ AFP) Resource: AFPNick Daicos is actually the one of the AFL's largest young celebrities. Picture: NewsWire/ Michael KleinSource: Information Corp AustraliaOne enthusiast composed on Chip Daicos' article: "Messi to collingwood confirmed?" A secondly said: "Can Messi snap it from 40 on the run? Daicos my goat." A third joked: "Messi might know a thing or more from the goat." Another added: "Lovely that you obtained Gryan Miers to sign a sign for you." Previous Cakes player Trey Ruscoe created: "Ronaldo much better." The view of international volleyball celebrities ensuring various other codes in Australia has actually become somewhat of a meme in the last few years. In 2022, Manchester United star Marcus Rashford postured with a Sherrin at another tournament marketing various other Aussie featuring codes that weren't football.The publicity feat was actually hammered through local volleyball (soccer) analysts as cringe-worthy as well as a missed option to more elevate the round ballgame in Australia.