The goals, assists and trophies continue to flow, but it’s no secret that Lionel Messi has had a bit of a torrid 2015-16 season. The tax fraud charge happened and then the Argentina retirement happened – after his third defeat in the finals of a tournament with his country. 

And while the u-turn from retirement has gone well with a goal against Uruguay on his international return, Messi still decided that 2016-17 will be a new beginning. 

And that ladies and gentlemen, is the deep thinking behind him going blonde.

cambio d look😎 #blondeboy

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“I made a change to start from zero,” he said on Argentine TV says this Eurosport report.

“I was emerging from a lot of controversies, of things that had happened to me, and I said to myself: ‘You’ve got to break this and start again,’” he added.

Well Messi has surely made a good start after his new hair colour (the beard is also quite new) – he already has three goals and three assists in four matches this season. 

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