Piers Morgan is not a fan of Lionel Messi's World Cup indulgence and has claimed he is "slightly over-egging" it.
The divisive broadcaster's post on social media came accompanied with a screenshot of Messi's Instagram, which has featured five successive posts of himself celebrating his success in Qatar, including a snap of him sleeping with the World Cup trophy. Victory on Sunday meant that the PSG star claimed the only prize in football that had eluded him.
For many the victory rubber stamps the 35-year-old as the game's greatest - a view that Morgan does not share. Messi has long been known and praised for his humility, but the former GMB host has suggested he is going too far as he rejoices in his international success. He wrote: "OK, Lionel.. we get it, you won the World Cup. You’re slightly over-egging the gloating soufflé now…"
