Peak Samba hype may be behind us but Lionel Messi just proved the most storied shoe in sportswear still has legs. A new Samba variant courtesy of Adidas and the World Cup winner just surfaced online, ...

Lionel Messi was reportedly close to joining Chelsea in the summer of 2013 due to Adidas' contribution to the potential deal. The Argentine megastar spent most of his senior career at Barcelona ...

Much to the brand's credit, adidas has made the most out of Messi's move to America. Messi has been the face of adidas soccer for years but has taken on more casual apparel and footwear ...

he is “decked out in Adidas gear: a tracksuit in the Union’s navy-and-gold colors -- though with the company’s logo for its Messi branding, not a Union badge -- and a purple T-shirt with the Messi ...

The meeting began with one of the Adidas representatives flipping open a laptop and projecting a video onto a big screen. And there was Messi ... to anyone — but his background story is.