Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi was treated to an unexpected surprise while lounging on a yacht in Ibiza this week, when a fan took it upon himself to swim out and greet the five-time Ballon d'Or winner in person.
Messi is enjoying his holidays before the 2016-17 campaign gets under way, and Spanish newspaper Sport reported the forward and his entourage watched as the fan supported himself on the yacht's platform.
NBC Sports Soccer provided images of the supporter in question, who swam out from the shoreline before propping himself up on the vessel to " get a closer view of the footballer":
A fan swam out to Lionel Messi's yacht in order to get a photo with him ud83cudfca (via @NeyMarvellous) pic.