Messi goes blond ahead of La Liga season
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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:
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