Lionel Messi has revealed why he dramatically changed his image over the summer with the bleaching of his hair.
The Argentine first turned heads with his new platinum blonde look after it was spotted in late July. Messi’s partner, Antonella Roccuzzo, alerted fans with an Instagram picture of the superstar’s transformation.
After returning to his home country and appearing on Argentine television, Barcelona’s all-time top goal scorer addressed the question of why he decided to modify his usual brown locks.
Messi said, as reported by the Mirror: “I made a change to start from zero. I was emerging from a lot of controversies, of things that happened to me and I said to myself ‘You’ve got to break this and start again’.
Messi, who was only able to speak to the Argentine media after returning to international duty, was most likely referring to the controversy surrounding the 21-month suspended sentence in Spain for tax fraud.
This was followed by his abrupt and surprising announcement that he was to retire form international football, at the age of 29.
The world-renowned footballer infamously withdrew from offering his services to the Argentinian national team in the heated aftermath of the Copa America, where his country fell to a third major final defeat in three years.
Messi’s desire to retire was met with fierce criticism from those in Argentina. However, last month, he reversed his decision and returned for Thursday night’s win over Uruguay, where he scored the winning goal.
Referring to his brief period of retirement, Messi added: “It was just what I felt at that moment. Everything was falling around me. I had felt like that was going to be our time, because of the way the team was playing and how we got to the final. It was a huge disappointment.”
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