Barcelona player surprises a lucky fan with his boots

Barcelona star Lionel Messi surprised a fan on his Twitter and Facebook pages with a pair of his latest Adidas boots.

The Argentina captain who is currently on international duties wrote a personal message to the fan who grew up in the same city as Messi.

Brian Rossi gift was revealed via a message that reads; "I am a Pibe De Barrio, the boy from the neighbourhood, and now I have these boots for Brian Rossi who is also from Rosario. #PibeDeBarr10 #therewillbehaters," Messi writes alongside a picture of him holding the boots.

The new boots are from the Addidas 'they will be hates campaign' which has been made popular by many of the sports wear giant company ambassadors.