Messi goes blond ahead of La Liga season

Lionel Messi, the "blond boy."

At least that's how his wife, Antonella Roccuzzo, described the Barcelona star in an Instagram post showing Messi's new bleach-blond hair:

In what might look like a mid-career crisis, Messi has decided on a new look ahead of the 2016-17 campaign, following a disappointing summer where he retired from the Argentine international team after its defeat to Chile in the Copa America Centenario final.

While the lighting gives off more of a silver/white look, just about anything is better than the mop-top/mullet Messi sported at the beginning of his career: