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Fans of the 29-year-old FC Barcelona player are freaking out after he changed his hair color from natural black to platinum blonde.

• Jul 27, 2016

AceShowbiz - Lionel Messi is the latest soccer player to go platinum blond, joining the likes of Aaron Ramsey, Marouane Fellaini and James Rodriguez. Fans of the 29-year-old FC Barcelona player are freaking out with his dramatic hair makeover.

It all started when Messi's girlfriend Antonella Roccuzzo shared on Instagram on Sunday, July 24 a photo of her beau's new look. Antonella later set her account to private, but she definitely couldn't stop it from spreading on the internet.

Lionel Messi dyed his hair blonde

Me: starts looking up ways to dye his hair blonde pic.twitter.com/mpvUW2VyoG

— Chonkyfire (Austin) (@TheBetterACL) July 24, 2016

On Monday, Messi's teammate Luis Suarez posted a picture of them on the plane going to England, praising him for his new look. "Taking off to England. Going on with the preseason and my friend @leomessi with his new look," Luis wrote alongside the snap.

Partiendo a Inglaterra. Siguiendo la pretemporada y mi amigo @leomessi con nuevo look Taking off to England. Going on with the preseason and my friend @leomessi with his new look

A photo posted by Luis Suarez (@luissuarez9) on Jul 25, 2016 at 1:17am PDT

While some fans can't quite deal with the change, others really love it. Some people link the dramatic makeover with Messi's recent tax fraud issue.

Lionel Messi is trending with this new Blonde Hair.....#goodman gone bad

— jahEdem (@affectionEdem) July 26, 2016

Things worse than my hair, Lionel Messi's hair.

— Dom Rooney (@RooneyDominic) July 24, 2016

30 RTs and I'll dye my hair like messi pic.twitter.com/9Xm2PSgsWG

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— Carlos (@Ruizcarlos4_) July 26, 2016

Messi didn't dye his hair, it just turned white when he heard someone was paying 90 million for Higuain. pic.twitter.com/itUEf0GoKb

— Brooks Peck (@BrooksDT) July 26, 2016

Messi spent so much money on his new hair, he can't afford to fix his screen.. pic.twitter.com/ssvGmikl1E

— Phailthy (@Phailthy) July 25, 2016

Someone has to stop Messi. This hair is worse than the tax fraud. pic.twitter.com/CEN4VVmhue

— Zito (@_Zeets) July 24, 2016

The real reason why Messi changed his hair colour. pic.twitter.com/N9RbazMRsy

— 9GAG Football (@9GAGFootball) July 26, 2016

After a few days of consideration, think we can all agree Lionel Messi's hair is ace. We can, let's all agree. Because it is ace.

— Sport Witness (@Sport_Witness) July 26, 2016

Lionel Messi's hair

— Nathan Prentice (@NPrentice91) July 26, 2016

I can't be the only one that really likes Messi's new hair. pic.twitter.com/N6s4fmaGkr

— (@BendItLikeMessi) July 24, 2016