“He is the only player to whom I have once made this request”

Surely you have already seen an opponent approach Lionel Messi in the tunnel or during a match to whisper something in his ear. Often, these are requests for jersey exchanges with the 2022 world champion who does not hesitate when he receives them.

Speaking on the Argentinian Channel, Lionel Messi said he never asks for an opponent’s shirt. But he had to do violence to himself when he faced Zinedine Zidane in a Clasico on his debut with FC Barcelona.

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«I don’t ask for shirts, I usually exchange them, but I once asked Zidane “Said Lionel Messi as relayed by El Futbolero. ” If there is an Argentinian, I exchange it with him, but, unless someone asks me, I don’t ask anyone “, added La Pulga who has a nice collection of jerseys at home.

“I don’t ask for shirts, I usually exchange them, but I asked Zidane once,” Lionel Messi said.

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