Following his Ballon d’Or victory, Iconic Argentine footballer, Lionel Messi has been presented with a platinum football foot by ace kit company, Adidas.  Marked with the phrase ‘el más grande de todos los tiempos’, interpreted as ‘the greatest of all time’, the boot is embossed with four gold and one platinum embellished dots to celebrate the Barcelona playmaker’s recent feat

An adidas statement read.“Messi is the ultimate creator, and the platinum Messi 15 marks his other worldly achievements in football. Gold is for winners, platinum is for the greatest,” 

The platinum boot uses pearlescent Argentinian premium leather, enhanced with pure metallic platinum elements and features logos made out of real platinum.