Lionel Messi lookalike becomes viral star as sweetshop worker is dead ringer for Barcelona hero
IMAGINE walking into your favourite sweet shop to be greeted by Lionel Messi ready to serve you a pound of strawberry bonbons.
But this is near to reality for those with a sweet tooth visiting one shop in Sau Paulo, Brazil, as the worker is the spitting image of the Barcelona and Argentina megastar.
A Brazilian sweet shop worker who looks the spit of Lionel Messi has become an online hitCENAlejandro Pereira Negreiros looks a dead ringer for the above Barcelona star Lionel MessiGetty Images
Alejandro Pereira Negreiros is now being constantly mistaken for his fellow South American after becoming a hit on social media.
The snap soon went viral, and in just two days it had been retweeted over 2,700 times and had more than 3,500 likes.
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And it attracted plenty of humorous responses as football fans around the globe were amazed by the uncanniness between the pair.
Twitter user Sergiocarp35 said: “Life is like this, one day you are the best player of the world and the next day you are working in a sweet shop.”
The bemused Negreiros is now a local celebrity due to his likeness to the 29-year-old.
A friend of Alejandro Pereira Negreiros posted his picture on Twitter and it soon went viralCENThe Brazilian would now like to meet his lookalike Lionel Messi in personGetty ImagesLionel Messi scored the winner for Barcelona against their bitter rivals Real MadridGetty Images
And he would now like to meet the world's greatest footballer face-to-face and learn more about him.
He told: "I feel very strange when people call me Messi."
Messi is regarded as one of the greatest players in history and has won the Ballon d’Or four times.
However, he is not likely to be paying a visit to his lookalike’s sweet shop any time soon.
Messi’s nutritionist Giuliano Poser has him on a strict diet based on vegetables, whole grains, olive oil and nuts.
Speaking about the sweets such as those sold by Mr Negreiros, poser said: "It is the worst thing for the muscles. The farther he stays away from sugars, the better."
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