Louis Tomlinson Trolls One Direction Bandmate Niall Horan

Earlier this month we were all left tickled pink when Louis Tomlinson and Niall Horan got into a joke Twitter spat when they were announced to be on opposing teams for Soccer Aid later this year.

We mean, after all of the drama that One Direction have been through over the last couple of years, it really did feel like the good old days.

Now Louis has taken his fighting talk up a notch, with the sassy 24-year-old trolling his Irish bandmate on Instagram - much to the amusement of fans.

Yesterday Niall and pro golfer Justin Rose held an exclusive charity event to raise awareness and funding for Cancer Research UK Kids and Teens, and Louis couldn’t resist sharing an unflattering screenshot of the singer to share on social media.

And thankfully, he wasn’t doing it in a cruel Professor Green kind of way either.

The sassy star captioned the pic with: “Giving it the big talk for soccer aid but this man doesn’t look very confident does he Niall… P.s really sorry couldn’t resist when I saw the photo @niallhoran [sic]”.

Y'know what, Lou? Something tells us that Niall is going to hit back even harder…

Soccer Aid takes place this Sunday at Old Trafford, with Louis on the England side alongside the likes of Olly Murs, Jack Whitehall and David Seaman and Niall acting as assistant manager for the Rest Of The World team with stars such as Michael Sheen and Claudio Rainieri.

Speaking to Digital Spy, Niall boasted: “I’m definitely confident about Soccer Aid yeah, usually this banter happens on Twitter and stuff like that but I think the English boys have been a little bit quieter than they usually are…

"It really feels like we’re in a professional football team, it’s something we’ve all dreamt of as kids so I think it’s genuinely gonna be an unbelievable week.”

We can’t wait for a week of bickering between Louis and Niall ahead of the big game!