What is it with these Barcelona players looking like the Backstreet Boys?

By Gregor MacGregor
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It strikes us that the MSN trio could do well on the BBC's Let It Shine boy band competition

These fellas might be really good at football, but they're doing themselves no favours in the street-cred department where FFT are concerned.

Recent social media postings suggest that Messrs Messi, Suarez and Neymar have snaffled style tips from the likes of One Direction, Blue, Westlife and, most troublingly, American tank-top troop the Backstreet Boys. Perhaps there's an explanation, though: Justin Bieber is a Barcelona fan after all.

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Gregor MacGregor