WHAT is black and white and sold all over?

Lionel Messi’s new boots.

Lionel Messi shows off his new zebra-inspired adidas boots

The Barcelona superstar has taken inspiration from the animal kingdown with his new zebra-inspired adidas kicks.

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And Liverpool’s Roberto Firmino and Bayern Munich’s teenage star Renato Sanches will wear them too.

Adidas say the Nemeziz boots are built for the “most agile” players in the game.

The sports manufacturing giant said: “To create the future means taking inspiration from the past.

Bayern Munich’s Renato Sanches is another top player who will wear the boots

“To design the ultimate tool for the agile football player, adidas tapped into a common ritual in ancient battle, in dance and in sport: the use of taping for increased physical and mental strength.

“The result is Nemeziz. Designed for unprecedented agility for the game’s most fluid players.”

Roberto Firmino will wear the new kicks when Liverpool return to the Champions League

These are the new adidas Nemeziz football boots

Man United’s Jesse Lingard holds the new adidas boots

Sam Handy, vice president of design at adidas football said: “Our main goal is always to provide the athlete with the tools to maximise their own creativity, and with this product we feel we have provided the structure and support that can help players like Messi, Sanches and Firmino reach their true potential.”

Five-time Ballon d’Or winner Messi was  sentenced to 21 months in prison for £3.5million tax avoidance this week – but is unlikely to face any actual jail time.

His side finished runner-up in La Liga, behind Real Madrid, who take on Juventus in the Champions League final next Saturday.