The world best footballer and Barcelona superstar, Lionel Messi has paid tribute to his son – Thiago – who is just four months old by having his hand prints tattooed on one of his priceless legs.

Messi, who is no stranger to body art as he already has a portrait of his mother tattooed on his shoulder, picked Tuesday, which was Father’s Day in Spain,to have Thiago’s name and tiny palm prints etched on his left calf.

Meanwhile, the 25-year-old, a four time winner of the prestigious Ballon d’Or, has been told that a museum is to be built in his honour in his home city of Rosario in Argentina.