Saturday, 04 March 2023 04:00 AM
Al-Youm Al-Sabea TV published a news coverage prepared by colleague Rami Nawar and presented by colleague Muhammad Abu Laila about the gift of Argentine star Lionel Messi to his colleagues in the Argentine national team 35 gold iPhones.
Where the Argentine star, Lionel Messi, decided to present his colleagues in the Argentine national team and the coaching staff, a different valuable gift, after their great achievement in achieving the 2022 World Cup..
According to the British newspaper “The Sun”, Messi decided to give all players iPhone phones made of 24-carat gold, on which he spent more than 200 thousand dollars, and the number of pieces reached 35 pieces..
Messi led Argentina to glory in the World Cup in December, as his exciting brilliance in Qatar led Argentina to victory through many difficult confrontations, before beating France on penalties in the final..
The Argentine captain wanted to give his teammates a personal souvenir to remember their success, and that was represented by smartphones made of 24 carat gold..
The Paris Saint-Germain star received the mobile phones in Paris over the weekend, and will proceed to hand them over to the national team stars during the national team gathering two weeks later..
And the company executing the golden phones revealed that Messi contacted them about designing a special gift after the victory in the World Cup, and said that he “wants a special gift for all players and employees to celebrate the amazing victory, but he does not want the usual gift of hours, so the company suggested to” Messi “gold-plated iPhones, It had the national team crest and the name of each player on it, and Messi liked the idea immediately
Each luxury piece of iPhone features a simple gold design with the Argentine national team logo with the three stars, as well as the player’s name and national team shirt number, and the words “2022 World Cup Champions.”“.
Argentine Lionel Messi won the FIFA World Player of the Year 2022 award last Monday.
Messi, who won the World Cup with his country at the end of last year, outperformed Frenchman Kylian Mbappe, his colleague in Paris Saint-Germain, and also the other Frenchman, Karim Benzema, the Spanish Real Madrid player, who did not participate with his country in the last World Cup finals due to injury..
Messi, 35, scored seven goals during the World Cup and won his second golden ball in this tournament after he led Argentina to victory in the final 4-2 over France on penalties, after extra time ended in a 3-3 tie, while newspapers described it as one of the best matches. In the World Cup final, Argentina won the title for the first time since 1986
