James Maddison receives priceless Lionel Messi gift from Tottenham teammate

James Maddison has a very special addition to his well renowned football shirt collection, thanks to his teammate .

’s collection includes the likes of Harry Kane, Mo Salah and Eden Hazard among many others. He can now add to that list.

Posting two pictures on his Instagram stories, the Spurs midfielder shared an image of the front of an Argentina shirt with Messi’s iconic number 10 on the front. As a caption, Maddison wrote: “Thank you brother @cutiromero2.”

He then shared a second image showing the back of the shire with ‘Messi 10’. He added two goal emojis.

Romero would have got hold of the shirt during international duty with Argentina, where he played alongside Messi. While Romero was not included in the squad for the 1-1 draw with Venezuela, he played the full 90 minutes of the 6-0 win over Bolivia, a game which saw Messi score a hat trick.

While some of his teammates were on international duty, Maddison stayed at Spurs after being left out of Lee Carsley’s England squad. The midfielder now has a new manager to impress following the .

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Maddison has seven caps for the Three Lions, but has not been named in a squad since June after being a surprise omission from the Euro 2024 squad in the summer. Interim manager Carsley will take charge of the Nations League clashes in November, before Tuchel takes over in January.

It means that the Spurs man will be looking to impress in a Spurs shirt between now and the new year in order to catch the new manager’s eye. That will start with Tottenham’s home game against West Ham on Saturday (12.30pm kick off) as the Premier League returns.

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