Lionel Messi and his kitchen roll contracts

Rob Parker | September 22, 2009

How Joan Laporta keeps his stars happy

With Barcelona star Lionel Messi signing a new deal that extends his contract from 2014 to 2016 and makes him the highest paid player in La Liga, cult Catalan football comedy show Crackovia could not resist showing its version of the negotiations.
I don’t think you need the lingo to [...]

More Adidas-flogging from Zinedine Zidane and Lionel Messi

Rob Parker | July 23, 2009

Zizou and Lizou back for their encore
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You can watch the other three virals which made up the campaign here.

Video: Zinedine Zidane and Lionel Messi front Adidas campaign

Rob Parker | July 21, 2009

Two superstars, three stripes, three videos
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Adidas’ latest campaign rolls out their big guns old and new. Zinedine Zidane and Lionel Messi are the stars of this three-video viral campaign. See the other two after the jump.

Terry Venables is more circumspect about short players after Champions League gaffe

Rob Parker | May 30, 2009

No top hats for Everton midfield

Terry Venables has used his pre-FA Cup final newspaper column to tell the world that short midfielders can be effective. Earlier this week, OTP told you that prior to the Champions League Final, Venables took a pop at Lionel Messi’s height only for the diminutive star to score a decisive [...]

More Lionel Messi drunkness

Rob Parker | May 30, 2009

Messi get messy, part deux

As promised, here is the footage of Messi playing with a giant inflatable lollipop and staggering around the open-top bus.
More Messiness here.

Video: Lionel Messi gets wasted

Rob Parker | May 29, 2009

Tiny Argentine gets boozed up for Barca celebrations

The Barcelona team arrived back at the Nou Camp with the latest addition to their trophy collection and quite a fiesta ensued! Most of the squad looked like they might keel over at any given time, but nobody was quite as drunk as Lionel Messi.
Dressed up as some [...]

Lookalikes: Lionel Messi and a salmon

Rob Parker | May 28, 2009

Leap, Leo, leap

Uncanny, I’m sure you will agree.