{"id":695,"date":"2016-04-15T13:09:32","date_gmt":"2016-04-15T13:09:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.icons.com\/news\/?p=695"},"modified":"2024-07-18T14:07:09","modified_gmt":"2024-07-18T14:07:09","slug":"how-to-buy-a-genuine-lionel-messi-signed-shirt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.icons.com\/news\/2016\/04\/15\/how-to-buy-a-genuine-lionel-messi-signed-shirt\/","title":{"rendered":"How to buy a genuine Lionel Messi signed shirt: A guide to avoiding fakes &#038; unofficial dealers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1371\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.icons.com\/news\/2016\/04\/15\/how-to-buy-a-genuine-lionel-messi-signed-shirt\/lionel-messi-fakes-and-frauds-guide\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/icons.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Lionel-Messi-Fakes-and-Frauds-Guide.png\" data-orig-size=\"2575,1519\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Lionel-Messi-Fakes-and-Frauds-Guide\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/icons.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Lionel-Messi-Fakes-and-Frauds-Guide-300x177.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/icons.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Lionel-Messi-Fakes-and-Frauds-Guide-1024x604.png\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1371\" src=\"http:\/\/www.icons.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Lionel-Messi-Fakes-and-Frauds-Guide-1024x604.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/icons.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Lionel-Messi-Fakes-and-Frauds-Guide-1024x604.png 1024w, https:\/\/icons.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Lionel-Messi-Fakes-and-Frauds-Guide-300x177.png 300w, https:\/\/icons.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Lionel-Messi-Fakes-and-Frauds-Guide-768x453.png 768w, https:\/\/icons.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Lionel-Messi-Fakes-and-Frauds-Guide-1536x906.png 1536w, https:\/\/icons.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Lionel-Messi-Fakes-and-Frauds-Guide-2048x1208.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>When searching through Ebay and around the web for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.icons.com\/lionel-messi.html\">Lionel Messi<\/a> signed shirt you will be presented with a wide range of items and sellers. Naturally, without the proper experience or research, there can be many potential pitfalls involved in buying signed football memorabilia. So, here are\u00a0some handy tips to abide by&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The most obvious of which is to be sure of the authenticity of the item. Many sellers will tell you a player has genuinely signed their product. But how can you know for sure that you are not purchasing a fake or printed signature? The techniques used by fraudulent sellers can be very convincing and it is not always easy to identify a fake. So, when you buy a signed Lionel Messi shirt from Icons, we try to put your mind at ease by providing you with the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An Official Messi Signed Merchandise certificate \u2013 Icons is the only place you can buy officially licensed Lionel Messi signed memorabilia. All of our products are supplied with a hologrammed Certificate of Authenticity, which provides key information and shows a photo of Lionel Messi signing the item.<\/li>\n<li>Photo proof \u2013 We are happy to provide a wide range of photos that clearly show Messi at a closed signing session arranged and conducted by Icons.<\/li>\n<li>Video proof \u2013 Icons have a unique style of authentication video, which showcase both our products and our connection to the players who sign for us.<\/li>\n<li>Signing date &amp; location \u2013 We know exactly where and when our items were signed and we\u2019re more than happy to disclose this information for the sake of authentication. All our items come from closed signing sessions, ensuring not only the authenticity but also the quality of each autograph.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>When you are looking for Lionel Messi signed shirts online, you should use these points as a checklist from which to compare other sellers. If they can&#8217;t provide any of these things, ask yourself why not?<\/p>\n<p><strong>More information about Icons Shop Ltd<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\nIcons Shop Ltd is the world&#8217;s leading football memorabilia company and Icons is the most trusted brand in the game. Authenticity is everything to us, as it is everything to our customers.<\/p>\n<p>In 2014, Icons launched the first ever individually licensed memorabilia range: the Official Lionel Messi Signed Merchandise collection. We are the only company Lionel Messi and his management team trust to work with and the 2015-16 season marks the tenth year of Icons\u2019 working-relationship with the Argentine superstar. In fact, we signed with him when he had just broken into the Barcelona first team, way back in 2006.<\/p>\n<p>All Icons products come from private signing sessions in which the player is paid a fee for their service. We never, ever accost players outside the training grounds and we never, ever buy products from companies who do this. We deal directly with the players&#8217; trusted representatives. Very often the players will donate the fees to either a charity of their choosing or a foundation to which they are directly associated. And because we have worked with the players and their agents for many years, they trust us and often personally recommend us to one another.<\/p>\n<p>For all these reasons and more, you can rely on Icons as a trusted source for signed memorabilia, so if you\u2019re looking for a Lionel Messi shirt that has been signed by the man himself, we suggest you look no further.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.icons.com\/lionel-messi.html\">Click here to view all our officially licensed Lionel Messi signed memorabilia<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Icons on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/iconsfootball\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/icons_football\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/icons_memorabilia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a>\u00a0for all our\u00a0latest blog posts,\u00a0special\u00a0offers and competitions.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When searching through Ebay and around the web for a Lionel Messi signed shirt you will be presented with a wide range of items and sellers. Naturally, without the proper experience or research, there can be many potential pitfalls involved in buying signed football memorabilia. So, here are\u00a0some handy tips to abide by&#8230; The most&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more navbutton\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.icons.com\/news\/2016\/04\/15\/how-to-buy-a-genuine-lionel-messi-signed-shirt\/\">Read More<i class=\"fa fa-angle-double-right\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[377],"tags":[26,296,179,378,22,379,380],"class_list":["post-695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-guides-and-faqs","tag-argentina","tag-faqs","tag-fc-barcelona","tag-guides","tag-lionel-messi","tag-official-licenses","tag-official-messi-signed-memorabilia"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pfQcey-bd","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2676,"url":"https:\/\/www.icons.com\/news\/2022\/04\/14\/lionel-messi-signs-again-for-icons-com\/","url_meta":{"origin":695,"position":0},"title":"Lionel Messi Signs Again for Icons.com!","author":"Dan Rushton","date":"April 14, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Icons.com's decade-long official relationship with Lionel Messi has paid off once again as the global superstar put pen to product in our first signing of 2022 with the Argentine maestro. 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