Look How Big Messi's Dog Is

Lionel Messi got a Mastiff puppy eight months ago. It was small(ish) then. It is big now. Like, bigger than Messi, almost.

Here's a picture with Messi and his cute Mastiff puppy.

Nuevo integrante de mi familia !! Gracias amor por este regalo hermosooo @antoroccuzzo88

A photo posted by Leo Messi (@leomessi) on Jan 26, 2016 at 9:48am PST

And here's a picture of Messi with what we're told is a dog but believe to be a mature horse or adolescent water buffalo.

A photo posted by Leo Messi (@leomessi) on Sep 7, 2016 at 10:13am PDT

The reason Javier Mascherano can't get in a game for Barcelona isn't because he's old and Samuel Umtiti is better now, it's because Messi's dog ate him.

(H/T ESPNFC)

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