And he [told] me the baby is Lionel Messi, of course ... soccer star also posing with the inflant in the bath alongside his mother. As it turns out, greatness was holding soon to be greatness.

Back in 2007, a Barcelona-based photographer did a photoshoot for UNICEF and Barcelona, capturing then-20-year-old Lionel Messi holding baby Yamal as he was bathed by his mother.