If you had to name the greatest thing about Argentina, what would it be?
You’ve certainly got a lot of choice. The Andes mountains, Ladislao Biro – inventor of the ball point pen, gauchos, writer Jorge Luis Borges, the tango, Eva Peron, rugby player Hugo Porta and Maradona to name but a few.
However, in current football terms, if you were asked the same question, chances are many of you would plump for Lionel Messi.
We would too, which is handy seeing as we are giving you a chance to win a pair of signed Lionel Messi football boots.
We’ve got a pair of the Argentine international’s Adidas F50’s, signed by the young superstar and ready to go to a new home.
To enter this great competition all you have to do is purchase any item from the Footy Boots Shop and your name will automatically go in the hat.
There’s no minimum price rule, and the competition is open up until 10th December 2008.
And, if you feel the need to go back and make further purchases, your name will be entered in to the competition as many times as you flash the cash.
Good luck.
Lionel Messi Fact File

Born: 24th June 1987
First club: Grandoli – coached by his father
Health: At 11 was diagnosed with a growth hormone deficiency
Spain: Left Argentina for a new life in Barcelona after the club guaranteed to pay his medical bills
Debut: 16th October 2004 v Espanyol
Number 10: Inherited Ronaldinho’s number 10 jersey after the Brazilian left for AC Milan
International debut: Sent off after just 40 seconds after coming on as a second half sub versus Hungary on 17th August 2005
Olympics: Was a gold medal winner in Beijing after Argentina beat Nigeria in the final 1 – 0. In front of a 90,000 crowd at the Birds Nest stadium, Messi set up the winner for Angel Di Maria
Competition Terms and Conditions



November 7th, 2008 at 5:42 am
was sent off at around 3 minutes not 40 seconds
November 7th, 2008 at 7:15 pm
messi i love you very much my email is youssef_m_7@hotmail please add me i want to be like you in the future
November 9th, 2008 at 7:31 pm
messi you are like the best football player in the world and i realy wish i was like you.
November 10th, 2008 at 4:48 am
I think messi is one of the best Argentinian players after Maradona he is my favorite player in the world!!!!!!!!
November 11th, 2008 at 9:25 am
This Is The Best Footballer…
Lionel Messi Great from CR7(Cristiano Ronaldo).
November 11th, 2008 at 9:17 pm
messi is a all time legend he is my goal scoring idol for footbal he is the best footballer around beter than ronaldo and ronodinio
November 17th, 2008 at 8:20 am
messi…oh messi..I LOVE YOU messi…we love you barca. you…(pokoke messi yang paling keren, hebat, lincah, my super hero)
November 18th, 2008 at 3:00 pm
you are the best player in the world, and are mch better than chritiano ranado is. the only reason why people like him is because he is fast and can take good freekicks, but i khow you can do that better than he can.
November 20th, 2008 at 12:46 pm
hello my name is timothy , I live in Germany , you are my favourite star…..
I am 13-years old and I hope I get the shues because I play football , too–my team is spvgg unterhaching(3.Bundesliga)
nice regards
June 27th, 2009 at 10:30 pm
Hi my name is Nova and I really play like Lionel Messi and Messi is my all time hero ever. from South Africa in Eastern Cape(Stutterheim). I wish I could meet you and hold your hand so that I could gain your quality of football megic!!