“Messi is fantastic, he doesn’t do stuff like [acting], so it’s really interesting when you see somebody who is world-class in the thing that they do, and then they get that little kid smile ...

“I wanted to be Lionel Messi when I was a kid,” Palmer revealed in a recent ... reference point – given his ‘Messinho’ (little Messi) nickname. “I like Neymar a lot too, Cristiano ...

Messi was seen sobbing at the Copa America final in Miami, while millions of little boys watched. I hadn't realized how much I had hoped for a girl until I found out the sex of our first child.