PHOTO: Lionel Messi's new Adidas boots are the opposite of good

Lionel Messi is the best footballer on the planet (sorry, Cristiano).

As such, one would expect that Adidas, his sponsor, would craft a pair of boots befitting of that title. Surely, a four-time winner of the Ballon d'Or deserves a nice pair of kicks.

Judging by the manufacturing giant's latest installment in their F50 series, which the Barcelona superstar will presumably be sporting this week, they seem to think otherwise.

Whoever thought yellow, black, purple(ish) and brown (maroon?) would work as an acceptable color scheme has some serious explaining to do.