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      Lionel Messi splashes out £175,000 on 35 gold iPhones for his World Cup-winning team and staff

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      LIONEL Messi splashed out £175,000 on 35 gold iPhones for his World Cup-winning team and their staff.The Argentinian star commissioned the 24-carat devices for every member of the winning squad and had them delivered to his Parisian apartment on Saturday.
      Lionel Messi splashed out £175,000 on gold iPhones for Argentina’s World Cup-winning team and staffCredit: Reuters
      The 24-carat devices have the player’s names, numbers and the Argentinian logo engraved on them
      Each phone has the player’s name, number and the Argentinian logo engraved on it.
      Last night a source said: “Lionel wanted to do something special and blingy to celebrate his proudest moment.
      “He got in touch with entrepreneur Ben Lyons and they came up with the design together.
      Ben, CEO of iDesign Gold, said: “Lionel is not only the Goat but he’s one of IDESIGN GOLD’s most loyal customers and got in touch with us a couple of months after the World Cup final.”
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      “He said he wanted a special gift for all the players and staff to celebrate the amazing win but didn’t want the usual gift of watches.
      “So, I suggested gold iPhones inscribed with their names and he loved the idea.”
      Argentina triumphed in Qatar last year — with Messi, 35, named Player of the Tournament.
      A source said: ‘Lionel wanted to do something special and blingy to celebrate his proudest moment’Credit: Getty More

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      Brazil World Cup winner’s daughter joins OnlyFans after treating fans to series of sexy pictures

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      ROMARIO’S daughter Danielle Favatto has signed up to OnlyFans.Danielle, 25, is a social media star in her own right – boasting over 250,000 Instagram followers.
      Daniell Favato has joined OnlyFansCredit: Instagram
      The 25-year-old is Romario’s daughter
      The ex-striker is now a Senator in Brazil
      And she recently left her supporters stunned, by announcing she’d signed up for adult platform OnlyFans.
      Danielle gave birth to a baby daughter in January, making Brazilian World Cup-winning legend Romario, 57, a grandfather.
      She had her daughter, named Maria Eduarda, with footballer Fabio Henrique – who plies his trade for Atletico Catarinense.
      Explaining her decision to join OnlyFans as a new mum, Danielle said: “I created my profile on OnlyFans to share a little more about my experience of being a first-time mother.
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      “I didn’t want to have a child, but I changed my mind out of nowhere. I had no idea how to deal with kids.
      “I was the type of person who would get upset if a child cried on an airplane.
      “As I’ve been learning daily, I thought it was a cool idea to create a profile on the platform to make videos about the subject.”
      On becoming pregnant, Danielle added: “I stopped taking the contraceptive pill and less than a month later, I got pregnant.
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      Danielle has over 250k Insta followers
      She has explained her OnlyFans decision
      “Being a mother was more of my boyfriend’s dream than mine.
      “After using the contraceptive pill for eight years, I stopped to take a break and think about whether or not to have a child. One month passed and I was already pregnant.
      “It was the biggest hangover of my life during Carnival, and the following week I found out I was pregnant.
      “Funnily enough, I revealed the pregnancy on the day of [football club] Vasco’s game, and Vasco ended up drawing the game.”
      Since his goal-laden career, Romario has gone into polotics.
      The popular former Barcelona ace is now a senator for Rio de Janeiro.
      He also briefly worked as a manager after his playing career, taking charge of Vasco in 2008.
      She is new to motherhood
      The Brazilian is dating footballer Henrique More

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      Watch Lionel Messi ‘send magician into retirement’ as he brutally shuts him down mid-trick at Fifa Best Awards

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      AS if Lionel Messi’s magic wasn’t enough on the pitch, it seems he is more than capable of some off it.While in attendance at the award ceremony for Fifa’s The Best, Messi was confronted by magician Julius Dein.
      Lionel Messi was named Fifa’s The Best Men’s PlayerCredit: Reuters
      Magician Julius Dein attempted a magic trick on MessiCredit: https://www.instagram.com/reel/CpNykZ5uwk0/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y%3D
      But Messi saw through the trickCredit: https://www.instagram.com/reel/CpNykZ5uwk0/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y%3D
      He attended alongside wife Antonella RoccuzzoCredit: The Mega Agency
      The Londoner took Messi’s phone and attempted to play a trick with the flashlight on the phone.
      Dein seemingly took the light off of it directly before putting it in his mouth, chewing it and then blowing it back onto the phone.
      However, Messi was not to be fooled and simply responded: “I know this one,” before producing a gleaming smile.
      The shutdown left Dein joking: “Well that didn’t go according to plan 🤦‍♂️,” before admitting: “I’m retiring.”
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      But fans were left perplexed as to why he would challenge a fellow “magician”.
      One fan said: “U were challenging a magician.”
      A second remarked: “Trying to show magic to a magician.”
      A third wrote: “Mate you can’t fool a magician 😂.”
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      While a fourth asked: “Are you trying to teach magic to the greatest magician ever?”
      The 35-year-old Argentine, who attended the Paris ceremony with wife Antonella Roccuzzo, won his second Fifa Best Men’s Player title following his World Cup heroics in Qatar.
      The gong puts him level with Cristiano Ronaldo’s record of two wins.
      Messi was also named in the FIFPRO World XI alongside Paris Saint-Germain team-mate Kylian Mbappe.
      In the women’s award, Beth Mead was pipped by Alexia Putellas but was named in the women’s World XI alongside Lionesses team-mates, Lucy Bronze, Leah Williamson and Keira Walsh.
      England boss Sarina Wiegman and Manchester United’s Mary Earps won best women’s coach and goalkeeper respectively following their Euro 2022 glory last summer. More

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      Chelsea star Thiago Silva labels Fifa Best voting ‘a joke’ as he fumes at bit-part Man City ace beating Lewandowski

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      THIAGO SILVA has blasted Fifa’s best-player voting as a “joke” after Julian Alvarez came seventh – ahead of Kevin De Bruyne and Robert Lewandowski.Summer arrival Alvarez has struggled for a regular spot at Manchester City but bagged four goals in helping Argentina win the World Cup.
      Julian Alvarez had a breakthrough World Cup but being voted the world’s seventh best player surprised many. including Thiago SilvaCredit: Getty
      Thiago Silva has suggested the voting was more than a bit mixed upCredit: AFP
      Lionel Messi topped the poll of FIFPro players, selectors, journalists and fans with 52 votes.
      And the next four on the list were also no great surprise.
      French hitmen Kylian Mbappe and Karim Benzema notched 44 and 34 votes respectively.
      Then came Croatia’s evergreen midfielder Luka Modric and Etihad goal machine Erling Haaland.
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      But controversy hit once the list got down to players with fewer than 20 votes.
      Sadio Mane was sixth, ahead of Alvarez and Moroccan stylist Achraf Hakimi.
      The next four places were taken by Neymar, De Bruyne, Vinicius Junior and Lewandowski.
      And Chelsea’s Brazil defender Silva, 38, broke ranks when he saw that ranking.
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      Responding to protests over Alvarez’s bit-part role, Silva wrote: “It’s a joke”.
      But the City man’s Argentina team-mate Messi has defended him, saying: “During the whole World Cup, he was extraordinary.
      “He ran everything. He fought for everything – creating chances, fighting. For us, he was the surprising discovery, and he deserves everything that has happened to him because he is a lovely guy.”
      But to make the Fifa ratings even more embarrassing, Fifa initially listed alvarez under “Spain”.
      In fact, no Spanish players made the top 14, while England’s only representative was Jude Bellingham. More

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      Watch TV reporter’s SAVAGE response after being blanked by Liverpool star Virgil van Dijk at awards ceremony

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      A TV reporter came up with a savage response after being blanked at the Fifa awards ceremony by Virgil van Dijk.The Liverpool defender won another accolade as he was voted in the FIFA FIFPRO Men’s World XI for his performances in 2022.
      Virgil van Dijk was not in the mood for questions with the star avoiding one reporterCredit: Getty
      But the journalist from TyC Sports had a sassy reply waiting after being blankedCredit: TyC Sports via Twitter / @TyCSports

      He was one of a number of stars to win gongs at Fifa’s showpiece event with Lionel Messi awarded the Best FIFA Men’s Player award.
      But as van Dijk was attempting to cross the media pen, one reporter from TyC Sports, an Argentine TV station, tried to ask him question.
      He said: “One minute, just two questions, please.”
      The 31-year-old walked right past and ignored the journalist.
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      The reporter then quipped: “Well, Virgil van Dijk told me no… it doesn’t matter. Argentina won the quarter-finals…”
      Some fans loved the sassy exchange but others believed the comment was over of line.
      One person wrote: “This shows that [van Dijk] did very well not to give him statements. Shame [from a] ‘journalist’.”
      It was an incredible 2022 from van Dijk with the defender at the centre of a Liverpool team chasing the quadruple.
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      The Reds did win the Carabao Cup and FA Cup last season but lost in the Champions League final and fell just short in the Premier League.
      Van Dijk managed to bring that leadership to the international team where Holland scrapped their way into the quarter-finals.
      Despite being 2-0 down to Argentina with eight minutes to go, the Netherlands managed to take a fiercely-contested game all the way to penalties before losing 4-3 on spotkicks. More

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      Fans are just realising Pepe’s real name as Portugal legend, 40, takes Cristiano Ronaldo’s vote in Fifa Best awards

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      FANS are just discovering Pepe’s real name after the 40-year-old voted in the Fifa Awards.Despite being the captain of Portugal in last year’s World Cup, Ronaldo did not cast his votes for Fifa’s best male player like the other international captains.
      Ronaldo and Pepe are the two most experienced heads in the Portugal national teamCredit: Getty
      That duty instead fell for Pepe, who opted to vote for Kylian Mbappe, Luka Modric and Karim Benzema in first, second and third respectively.
      But fans were less interested in who he voted for and more so in the name that was down on the official Fifa documents.
      Instead of referring to him as Pepe, as he is commonly known in football circles, Fifa instead called him by his real name.
      He was listed down as Kepler Ferreira, with Pepe just a nickname for the defender.
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      It came as a surprise for some football fans who had long known him only by his nickname.
      On Twitter, one person wrote “Pepe??” when they saw Ferreira’s name on the document.
      When another tweeter explained it to them, they said: “wtf I feel ashamed.”
      Pepe has had and continues to have a long and distinguished career playing football at the top level.
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      He began his senior career at Portuguese side Maritimo between 2001 and 2004.
      The centre-back then left for Porto for three years when he began to establish himself as a top level defender.
      From 2007 he then spent a decade at Real Madrid and made well over 200 appearances.
      In recent years he has spent time at Besiktas and then returned to Porto in 2019.
      Along with a number of league titles and three Champions League trophies at club level, Pepe also won the Euros with Portugal in 2016 and the Nations League in 2019. More

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      Ivana Knoll shows off bum with figure-hugging gym leggings as World Cup’s hottest fan gyrates in low cut top

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      IVANA KNOLL worked out at the gym this morning as she continues to enjoy life in London.The Croatia megafan shot to fame during the World Cup in Qatar.
      Ivana Knoll took a mirror selfie from a London gymCredit: Instagram / @knolldoll
      Ivana gyrates in a black topCredit: INSTAGRAM / @knolldoll
      Ivana has 3.5million Instagram followersCredit: INSTAGRAM / @knolldoll
      She has since been a globetrotter, enjoying a trip to New York before heading to London.
      Ivana arrived in the UK a fortnight ago ahead of Arsenal’s clash with Manchester City.
      She was gifted a Gunners top as she attended the match, before partying later in the week.
      The 30-year-old attended the Baftas afterparty, then headed to restaurant Ours in South Kensington as Floyd Mayweather enjoyed his 46th birthday party there.
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      Ivana subsequently attended Mayweather’s exhibition bout with Aaron Chalmers on Saturday night.
      She has continued to have a brilliant time, sharing a video of herself gyrating last night.
      The Instagram star has also made sure to keep working hard in the gym.
      She shared a mirror selfie while working out earlier today.
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      Ivana donned a grey top and tight grey leggings as she worked up a sweat.
      She remained in the UK capital, tagging London in her post.
      Back in January, she dined with US superstar Jamie Foxx.
      And the American actor and artist was also in attendance at Mayweather’s birthday party last week.
      The Insta star attended Floyd Mayweather’s exhibition bout on SaturdayCredit: Instagram / @knolldoll
      Ivana attended the Baftas afterpartyCredit: Splash
      The 30-year-old has been embracing life in LondonCredit: Splash More

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      Kylian Mbappe gives stone-faced reaction as Emi Martinez wins Fifa Best Goalkeeper award after mocking him at World Cup

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      KYLIAN MBAPPE was clearly unimpressed when Emi Martinez was named Best Fifa Men’s Goalkeeper.World Cup final hat-trick scorer Mbappe sat stony-faced as the Argentina hero who mocked him after that epic clash in Qatar received his award.
      Kylian Mbappe looked on without emotion while PSG pal Lionel Messi appeared to be hanging on Emi Martinez’s every wordCredit: Getty
      Argentina star Martinez won the best keeper award after transforming his career with a move from Arsenal to Aston Villa in September 2020Credit: Rex
      Mbappe gave a chilling look but Martinez warmed the hearts of others in the audience, such as Lionel Messi and Arsene Wenger, with a tribute to his hard-working parents.
      The Aston Villa stopper beat Morocco and Sevilla keeper Yassine Bounou and Belgium’s Real Madrid No1 Thibaut Courtois to the prize.
      Martinez stunningly foiled Mbappe’s France strike-partner Randal Kolo Muani near the end of extra time in a classic World Cup final.
      He then saved Kingsley Coman’s shootout penalty and distracted Aurelien Tchouameni before the Real Madrid midfielder pulled his spot-kick wide.
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      Martinez was one of the first to console Mbappe after Argentina’s 4-2 shootout triumph following a 3-3 draw.
      But he later faced a major backlash for his strange dressing-room celebrations and taunting of the beaten PSG superstar.
      The former Arsenal second-choice keeper called for a minute’s silence for “dead” Mbappe and held up a baby doll with the frontman’s face on it.
      Martinez’s antics were particularly eccentric as he was right next to Mbappe’s club-mate Messi, who did not appear to react.
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      Mbappe has insisted he was not bothered by the stopper’s behaviour
      And Martinez has tried to rubbish claims he was trolling the pacy ace.
      The 30-year-old told France Football: “I held it [baby doll] for like two minutes and I threw it away, that’s all. 
      “How can I make fun of Mbappe? He scored four past me. Four goals in a final! He must think I am his toy baby! I have huge respect for Mbappe.”
      When receiving his Fifa award, Martinez said: “They always ask me who my idols are or who I watched when I was a kid… 
      “Watching my mum clean buildings for eight or nine hours and watching my dad work. They are my idols.”
      Meanwhile, Messi pipped Mbappe to be named best male player.
      World cup final opponents but PSG team-mates Messi and Mbappe were of course named in the men’s best world XICredit: Rex More