L'Equipe label Messi 'the Che Guevara of Barcelona' on their front page

  /  autty

Lionel Messi's swipe at the Barcelona board has made shockwaves across the world.

The Argentine hit out at the club's directors for pressuring the players into taking a pay cut when they were going to do it anyway.

L'Equipe have taken this and run with it, painting Messi as Che Guevara - a key figure behind the Cuban Revolution - on their frontpage for Tuesday.

"Lionel Messi, the Che of Barca," their headline reads.

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