Battle of the Brands Cristiano Ronaldo, Neymar and football superstars pick their fashion team… Balmain or Gucci

LIONEL MESSI versus Cristiano Ronaldo is a debate that may never be settled.

But while the superstars and their team-mates battle it out on the pitch, the fashion world fights to have their labels' threads perfectly tailored on the football icons.

Dani Alves wore a £5,400 Balmain blazer at the Fifa Football Awards last month

Benezema's Gucci jacket costs £2,480

Julian Draxler is Team Gucci in a Blue Snake wool sweatshirt costing £735

Memphis Depay has his say in the Balmain/Gucci battle

The Balmain biker sweatshirt as seen on Paul Pogba

Fabregas was pictured dressing casual in a £640 Gucci sweatshirt

Pogba is regularly spotted wearing Balmain, like this biker tracksuit he wore when arriving at training

Pogba's quilted jacket has a price tag of £2,700

Memphis Depay was spotted out and about wearing a Balmain military jacket

Karim Benzema poses on a Ferrari in a Gucci bomber jacket

Neymar attended the Balmain runway show during Paris fashion week looking fresh in a blazer by the renowned fashion house

Paul Pogba was hoping to score a strike in his red Balmain bomber

Antoine Griezmann takes his fashion sense to another planet in a UFO design Gucci hoodie.