An Iranian has apparently managed to make a career out of being the sidekick of one of the biggest football stars in the world – Lionel Messi. Reza Parastesh is known as the Iranian Messi and has been accused of using his likeness to the Argentine to improve his sex life.

He is said to have dressed up as Lionel Messi to convince 23 women to sleep with him. On the other hand, he has denied the allegations made about him and has vowed to clear his name.

"If this news was true, I would be in jail right now. Don't believe it, it's not true. I will do everything I can to legally respond to these allegations and make sure my name is cleared.”

The allegations against him date back to 2019. According to some hints, he has used Messi's resemblance to have a career - he has signed modeling contracts and his Instagram page has more than 1 million followers.