WHAT ON EARTH: Lionel Messi goes blond and Twitter explodes

New Delhi: Lionel Messi goes blond and the social media gets its share of dye job with colourful, interesting tweets focussing on the five-time World Player of the Year.

Here are some of of the best:

Messi does a Ramos but Reese Witherspoon did it better. pic.twitter.com/OkKushZNku — M.A.J (@UItraSuristic) July 24, 2016

Messi has gone from looking like Bill from Postman Pat to Wayne Lineker in 4 years pic.twitter.com/ODZhITKOwJ — Glenn Kitson (@Glenn_Kitson) July 24, 2016

Messi of the house Targaryen, first of his name, King of football, Lord of and and protector of Antonella. pic.twitter.com/2O7AHl8LU1

— Mhamed Alie (@Demahomyla) July 24, 2016

Messi needs to realise that the police can still identify him. https://t.co/Zuq4AgViNU — Ramesh (@RameshK1902) July 24, 2016

So Messi has blonde hair, a beard and a sleeve tattoo. His next step is to open a coffee shop in Shoreditch. — Coral (@Coral) July 24, 2016

Messi before he met Neymar vs Messi after he met Neymar pic.twitter.com/xoyrsJd5d9 — Football Tips (@footballtips) July 25, 2016

People saying Neymar is a bad influence on Messi all this for damn hair pic.twitter.com/6QLQxUJA8k — neymar jr (@Bieberlunatic) July 25, 2016

Aaron Ramsey's blond hair syndrome now affecting many players. Messi is the latest victim — OKUSKUN (@wallacemoses95) July 24, 2016

Leo Messi with ginger beard and platinum blond hair on training and next to Luis Suarez pic.twitter.com/gKBqTC9qaB — Princess Diana (@GlamDianee) July 25, 2016