Currently away on international duty with Argentina, Leo Messi this weekend sat down for an interview with famous Argentine actor Mingo.

The 29-year-old Barcelona forward scored the winner for Argentina against Uruguay on his return to international football, having announced his retirement straight after this summer’s Copa America defeat to Chile.

Messi on his blonde hair
Mingo asked the legendary Barcelona star why he decided to dye his hair blonde this summer and a relaxed Leo Messi explained himself.

“I made a change to start from zero,” said Messi. “A lot had gone on, things had happened, and I said to myself: “I have to break this and start again,'”.

On the Copa America defeat, Messi said “It was how I felt in that moment. Everything came crashing down. I felt like that [final] was the one, given how the team was and how we’d played in the competition. It was a huge disappointment.

More on this with video clip at http://www.bookspen.com/see-messi-chose-dye-hair/

[b][/b]Somebody puked on his head or what?

Messi why?

It makes him look older

World best The dye is cool.

I love Messi...he's the best and greatest footballer have ever seen in my lifetime

Messi the boss...meanwhile

"I have never seen anyone like Leo Messi. He is
a miracle from God! I like it when he does his
things on the field. It's not jealousy - I feel
good, for instance, when he nutmegs someone."
- Arda Turan


"Once they said they can only stop me with a
pistol. Today you need a machine gun to stop
Messi." - Hristo Stoichkov


"Messi is the Mozart of football." - Radomir
Antic


"It is clear that Messi is on a level above all
others. Those who do not see that are blind." -
Xavi


"For me, to watch Messi play is a pleasure –
it’s like having an orgasm – it’s an incredible
pleasure." - Luis Figo


"This Barca will be remembered as Messi’s
Barca. He’s well above anything else I’ve ever
seen. He’s an alien." - Messi's former team-
mate Carles Puyol


"Messi is the best in the world without any
doubt and for me the history of football." Luis
Enrique

"Messi is God, as a person and even more as a
player. I knew him when he was a boy and I’ve
watched him grow. He deserves it all." - Samuel
Eto'o


"Although he may not be human, it’s good that
Messi still thinks he is." - Javier Mascherano


"They tell me that all men are equal in God’s
eyes, this player makes you seriously think
about those words." - Football commentator Ray
Hudson


"Newton and Einstein had a certain level of
autism - I hope that, like them, Messi surpasses
himself every day and continues to give us his
beautiful brand of football." - Romario


"Life with Leo is prettier, of another colour." -
Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu


"There are three or four important things in life:
books, friends, women… and Messi." -
Portuguese writer Antonio Lobo Antunes


"Barca will never have a player like Messi again.
Messi’s greatness is present on and off the field
of play." - ex-Barcelona president Sandro Rosell


"Seeing Messi play is like watching a video
game… What Messi does on a football field is
simply unthinkable… The way he walks from
side to side, and once he sees an opportunity,
he simply creates magic." - tennis superstar
Victoria Azarenka

"He is an anomaly. The rest will have to wait
until he falls off a little bit.” - Dutch legend
Edgar Davids


"At this point I’m starting to believe that Messi
is tightly related to Clark Kent." - Israeli model
Bar Rafaeli


"Messi is class. There is him, and then there is
the rest. What he does is extraordinary." -
Fr anck Ribery


"We give him the ball and stand back and
watch. People often say to me they saw Pele
and Maradona play. In the future, I will be able
to say I saw Messi play." - Thiago Alcantara


"He is always going forwards. He never passes
the ball backwards or sideways. He has only
one idea, to run towards the goal. So as a
football fan, just enjoy the show." - Zinedine
Zidane


"He sees passes that most people can only see
whilst watching the game on TV, not ones that
you can normally see on the pitch." - ex-
Barcelona manager Tata Martino


"He does not really seem human to me." - Luis
Enrique


"For the world of football, Messi is a treasure
because he is a role model for children around
the world… Messi will be the player to win the
most Ballons d’Or in history. He will win five,
six, seven. He is incomparable. He’s in a
different league." - Johan Cruyff

"I have played against Platini, Maradona, Cruyff
and played with George Best — a lot of big
names, but none of them has been able to do
what Messi does. Two years ago I said that the
best player I played against was Maradona and
the best player I have played with was Bestie.
But I can now say I have never seen a player as
good as Messi. He’s in a league of his own." -
Former Tottenham star Gerry Armstrong


"Diego [Maradona] filled us with emotions. But
between the cracks, without doubt, Messi is
better than Maradona." - Diego Simeone


"There is no doubt, you’re from another galaxy.
Thanks Leo." - Maxi Rodriguez


"Who is the Best Player in the World? Leo
Messi. Who is the Best Player Ever? Leo
Messi." -Arsene Wenger


"I have seen the player who will inherit my place
in Argentine football and his name is Messi.
Messi is a genius." - Diego Maradona


"I like Messi a lot, he’s a great player.
Technically, we’re practically at the same
level." - Pele


"Messi or Ronaldo best player in the world? In
the world, I would say Ronaldo. Messi is from
another planet." - Turkish international Arda
Turan


"Messi does not need his right foot. He only
uses the left and he’s still the best in the world.
Imagine if he also used his right foot, Then we
would have serious problems." - Zlatan
Ibrahimovic

"Fella’s a genius. Best ever by a distance in my
life time. Never really


Gullit, Venables and now Rooney agree Messi is
the best they have seen. He plays a game with
which we are not familiar." - Gary Lineker


"I played with Romario, Rivaldo, Ronaldo,
Laudrup and Stoichkov but Messi is the best
I’ve seen." - Former Barcelona and Chelsea star
Albert Ferrer


"It feels good to be in the same generation as
him. I believe he’s the best player in the history
of the sport." - Gerard Pique


"Messi defies the laws of anatomy, he must
have an extra bone in his ankle." - Argentina's
1986 World Cup-winning coach Carlos Bilardo


"Who’s better, Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo?
Messi. Ronaldo is good, but Messi is 10 times
better." - Dutch star Klaas-Jan Huntelaar


"Lionel Messi is quite clearly the best player
ever. It’s a pleasure to pit myself against him
and when I finish my career it’s something I can
look back on and know I’ve tested myself
against the very best." - John Terry


"In my entire life I have never seen a player of
such quality and personality at such a young
age, particularly wearing the ‘heavy’ shirt of one
of the world’s great clubs... Before a game, you
can plan for everything. But Messi can produce
a move that no-one expects and change the
game in an instant." - Fabio Capello


"Messi has a divine gift." - Dani Alves


"Messi is better than Maradona; he is more
complete, more consistent, more spectacular.
He is reinventing the game – a mix of the real
and the virtual." - Tostão