Lionel Messi son Thiago 

Lionel Messi released a picture of his son Thiago on Saturday afternoon, alongside his mother and Leo’s girlfriend Antonella Roccuzzo.

Born on November 2, 2012, this is the first time Thiago Messi has been seen in all his glory.

After Barcelona training this morning, family Messi headed to the beach where this picture was taken.

It didn’t take long for the picture to go viral, with Thiago Messi adorning the main stories on both Sport and El Mundo Deportivo, the biggest newspapers in Catalonia.

Meanwhile, on Facebook, where the picture was posted to Lionel Messi’s 44 million followers, there were, just 3 hours after, no less than 660,000 Likes and 38,000 shares.

And, of course the photoshoppers got to work with the spoof pictures that should garner a few laughs.

Below is first, the original picture. Followed by a comparison of Lionel Messi and Thiago Messi when they were babies. (Via @barcastuff.)

Then comes a couple of spoof pictures, first from Ryan Bailey, followed by BBC Sporf.