He usually likes to keep it on the down-low but today we can exclusively reveal Messi lives in Bexley and likes eating garden gloves.

We should probably say at this point it’s not the Barcelona and Argentina superstar footballer with first name Lionel, but rather a two-year-old Cavalier King Charles spaniel called Messi.

As well as chomping on garden gloves, Messi loves eating tea towels but he hates sleeping and magpies.

Owner Taylor Whittley nominated him for Pet of the Day and said: “Messi is so special because he understands what you are saying, he's a great friend, loves people and children, always wagging his tail, he brings a smile to the people in the street who always have to stop to stroke him.

“He loves other dogs even though they may not like him.”

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