Nollywood star, Ebube Nwagbo, recently stumbled on former world footballer of the year, Lionel Messi, and his former teammate at Barcelona, Cesc Fabregas, and took the rare opportunity to strike a pose with them.

Ebube met the football stars at a shopping mall in London. The actress is reportedly on a vacation in the ancient city.

The elated actress, in company of a fellow actress, Nkechi Nnaji, could not hold back her joy as she shared pictures from the rare meeting with her fans.

"Don't be jealous, [I'm] with the world's greatest,” she wrote in one of the pictures.

Lionel Messi flew to London on Sunday after his club, Barcelona, played a game with Rayo Vallecano, which they won 6-1.

The Barcelona star went to London with his girlfriend to hook up with Fabregas and his partner.

Over the weekend, he had an impressive outing, scoring his 32nd hat-trick for Barcelona in a game against Rayo Vallecano.

The Argentine scored his first goal in the match via a spot kick after 56 minutes. He later struck in the 63 and 68 minutes to go one ahead of former Athletic Bilbao player, Telmo Zarra.

Some months ago, KCee, who was rumoured to have once dated Ebube, visited Real Madrid, Barcelona arch rival in the La Liga.