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Lionel Messi leads field of rare autographs in Topps 2017-18 UEFA Champions League Soccer Chrome

By Derek Helling

ROME, ITALY - APRIL 10: A dejected looking Lionel Messi of FC Barcelona during the UEFA Champions League Quarter Final Leg Two between AS Roma and FC Barcelona at Stadio Olimpico on April 10, 2018 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Catherine Ivill/Getty Images)
ROME, ITALY - APRIL 10: A dejected looking Lionel Messi of FC Barcelona during the UEFA Champions League Quarter Final Leg Two between AS Roma and FC Barcelona at Stadio Olimpico on April 10, 2018 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Catherine Ivill/Getty Images) /
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A slew of first-time autograph-providers are ready to be chased when one of the premiere football card sets of the year gets dropped on April 18.

UEFA Champions League fans who are looking for a unique product bearing the autograph of the likes of Lionel Messi and Philippe Coutinho, Topps has you covered with the first-ever chromium-style UEFA card set.

On Wednesday, April 18, Topps 2017-18 UEFA Champions League Soccer Chrome will be available at hobby stores and on Topps’ web site. On top of the metallic finish that has made Topps Chrome products a collector favorite across a wide range of entertainment and sport verticals, the lure of one guaranteed autographed card in each box gives further incentive to make a purchase. The roster of signees adds to the chase.

Veteran signees like Cristiano Ronaldo, Antoine Griezmann, Harry Kane, Gareth Bale and Luis Suarez return for another year, while other stars new to Topps like Coutinho and Messi provide additional value to an already robust set.

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A Lionel Messi autographed card from Topps 2017-18 UEFA Champions League Soccer Chrome. Photo courtesy of Topps. /

Chrome is famous for its Refractor parallels, and this set delivers that as well. There are base Refractors in varying colors and corresponding rarities, but the autograph Refractors are the real value in this set. Green, Gold and Red Refractors are numbered to 10 (only 10 copies of each were produced), and the extremely rare Superfractors are one-of-ones.

That means in some box of the product somewhere is a signed Ronaldo Superfractor, and most likely in a different box, an autographed Messi Superfractor is waiting to be pulled. The collectors who pull cards like that not only will be the envy of collectors everywhere, but will make back the investment they put into the box immediately.

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Topps has finally not only given its UEFA cards the chrome treatment but secured a superb lineup of autograph subjects to make this a can’t-miss set for football fans.

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