Lionel Messi once sent out special Christmas gift to 160 players, they even took pictures with it

Lionel Messi sent out gifts to 160 players, including 13 from the Premier League, at Christmas in 2020.

Last year, a jubilant Messi received the greatest Christmas gift he could ever wish for as he captained Argentina to the World Cup in Qatar.

However, the Inter Miami forward has a history of gift -giving, having sent out over 160 gifts a couple of years ago.

Receiving a present from the greatest player of all time must be something that players would dream about, but who were the lucky recipients?

In the run-up to Christmas in 2020, Messi netted his 644th goal for Barcelona – a goal that saw him beat Pele's record for Santos in an incredible achievement.

With the help of the world-famous Beer company Budweiser, he offered out personalised beer bottles to the 160 goalkeepers he had scored past since 2005 to mark the occasion.

Diego Alves, formally of Valencia, received 21 bottles, with former Real Madrid keeper Iker Casillas getting 17 and former Chelsea, Atletico and current Real Madrid shot-stopper Thibaut Courtois receiving nine.

So who were among the lucky few from the Prem to receive a bottle? The list includes David De Gea, Hugo Lloris, Edwin van der Sar, Petr Cech, Joe Hart, Alisson, Fraser Forster, Willy Caballero, Kepa Arrizabalaga, Bernd Leno, Vicente Guaita, Adrian and Mat Ryan.

.@budfootball... thanks for the beers.🍻 I’ll take it as a compliment. 😉 We have great battles over the years! Congratulations on breaking the 644 record #Messi! it really is an unbelievable achievement. Cheers! #BeAKing #ad pic.twitter.com/Rvz2kSv23B

— Gianluigi Buffon (@gianluigibuffon) December 24, 2020

The full list includes:

21 - Diego Alves.

18 - Gorka Iraizoz.

17 - Iker Casillas, Andres Fernandez.

14 - Diego Lopez.

13 - Ivan Cuellar, Roberto.

12 - Andres Palop, Tono, Pau Lopez.

11 - Claudio Bravo , Dudu Aouate, Ruben Martinez, Marko Dmitrovic.

10 - Jan Oblak.

9 - Carlos Kameni, Thibaut Courtois, Beto.

8 - Christian Abbiati, Daniel Aranzubia, Sergio Asenio, Fernando Pacheco.

7 - Miguel Moya, Cesar Sanchez, Jordi Codina, Willy Caballero, Bernd Leno, Cristian Alvarez, Keylor Navas, Antonio Adan, Juan Carlos, Sergio Rico.

6 - Asier Riesgo, Gustavo Munua, David de Gea, Casto, Kiko Casilla, Gero Rulli, Manuel Almunia.

5 - Sergio Aragoneses, Vicente Guaita, Salvatore Sirigu, Przemyslaw Tyton, Fabri, Oier Olazabal, Iago Herrerin, Sergio Alvarez, Ruben Blanco, Tomas Vaclik.

4 - Ricardo, David Cobeno, Gregory Coupet, Javi Varas, Esteban, Julio Cesar, Andrey Dikan, Adrian, Yoel Rodriguez, Bono, Jeroen Zoet, Aitor Fernandez, Jordi Masip, Manolo Reina.

3 - Wojciech Szczesny, Franco Costanzo, Toni Doblas, Andriy Pyatov, Roberto Fernandez, German Lux, Hugo Lloris, Alexandros Tzorvas, Johan Selberg-Wiland, Roman Pavlik, Kenneth Vermeer, Jasper Cillessen, Urko Pardo, Diego Marino, Mat Ryan, Dorus de Vries, Leandro Chichizola, Neto.

2 - Luis Garcia, Ruben Perez, Remy Vercoutre, Artur Boruc, Sergio Sanchez, Juan Pablo, Hans Jorg Butt, Edwin van der Sar, Oleksandr Shovkovskiy, Jens Lehmann, Jacobo Sanz, Juan Calatayud, Aleksandr Gutor, Rafael, Mario Fernandez, Mikel Saizar, Joe Hart, Jaime Jiminez, Manuel Neuer, Petr Cech, David Ospina , Jon Andres Serantes, Craig Gordon, Nauzet Perez, Gianluigi Buffon, Kepa , David Soria, Axel Werner, Alisson, Jaume Domenech, Sergio Herrera.

1 - Anthony Lopes, Mathieu Gorgelin, Raul Valbuena, Mario Galinovic, Inaki Lafuente, Jose Pinto, Tim Wiese, Javier Lopez Vallejo, Marco Sotari, Raphael Schafer, Allan McGregor, Sterano Sorrentino, Vladan Kujovic, Timo Hildebrand, Francesc Arnau, Juan Carlos Caballero, Rui Patricio, Leo Franco, Inaki Goitia, Juan Pablo Carrizo, Vladimir Stojkovic, Oscar Ustari, Diego Calzado, Federico Vilar, Damian Albil, Justo Villar, Fock, Helton, Fraser Forster, Dani Hernandez, Marco Amelia, Enaut Zubikarai, Jesus Fernandez, Xabi Irureta, Julian Cuesta, Marcelo Barovero, Manu Fernandez, Yann Sommer, Kevin Trapp, Silvio Proto, Juan Soriano, Stole Dimitrievski, Ondrej Kolar, Roman Burki, Rui Silva, Alex Remiro, Denes Dibusz, Ruslan Neshcheret.