{"id":50435,"date":"2023-07-26T21:00:22","date_gmt":"2023-07-26T20:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=50435"},"modified":"2023-07-26T19:56:09","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T18:56:09","slug":"in-picture-leo-messi-returns-to-manchester-metrolink","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=50435","title":{"rendered":"In Picture: Leo Messi returns to Manchester Metrolink!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last year Leo Messi was used as part of a Hard Rock Caf\u00e9 promotion which included a full vinyl wrap advert on Manchester Metrolink (and two adverts in Edinburgh as well). And now the Argentinean footballing superstar is back on Metrolink as a new promotion for the new Messi Chicken Sandwich launches.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The tram chosen for this new advert is <strong>3081<\/strong> (last year it was <strong>3102<\/strong> which carried the vinyls) and once again it uses a very dark background with more images of Messi, although the all new Chicken Sandwich apparently doesn\u2019t warrant a picture on the advert!<\/p>\n<p>This becomes the fourth advert to have been carried on <strong>3081<\/strong>: IKEA (May-December 2019), Starling Bank (July-August 2022) and #GetOnBoard (October-December 2022) being the previous adverts on the tram.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_50436\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=50436\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-50436\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-50436\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-50436\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/1.3081-cp-550x257.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/1.3081-cp-550x257.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/1.3081-cp-1024x478.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/1.3081-cp-768x358.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/1.3081-cp.jpg 1297w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-50436\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">3081 departs from Victoria on its way to Piccadilly showing off its new vinyls. (Photograph by Christopher Platt, 25th July 2023)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_50437\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=50437\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-50437\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-50437\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-50437\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/2.3081-mm-550x310.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/2.3081-mm-550x310.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/2.3081-mm-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/2.3081-mm-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/2.3081-mm.jpg 1286w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-50437\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Another shot of 3081 and its Hard Rock Caf\u00e9 \u201cNew Messi Chicken Sandwich\u201d advert, which is apparently made for you by Leo Messi. Although we suspect he isn\u2019t currently working in the kitchen at Hard Rock Caf\u00e9! (Photograph by Michael Morton, 25th July 2023)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last year Leo Messi was used as part of a Hard Rock Caf\u00e9 promotion which included a full vinyl wrap advert on Manchester Metrolink (and two adverts in Edinburgh as well). 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