Tangle with international footballer (5)

I believe the answer is:

messi

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'footballer' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'tangle with international' is the wordplay.
'tangle with' becomes 'mess' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'international' becomes 'i' (abbreviation eg in IMF).
'mess'+'i'='MESSI'

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(Another definition for messi that I've seen is " Footballer".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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