😎 Belgian midfielder reveals 3-week plan to get Messi’s shirt | OneFootball

If you had the chance to get a shirt worn by Messi, what would you do to make sure you got it?

Midfielder Amadou Onana, currently at Aston Villa, revealed a curious story from when he was still a 19-year-old prospect at Lille.

To get Lionel Messi’s shirt in a match against PSG in 2021, the player spent three weeks studying Spanish.

Onana told the channel Just Riadh that he enlisted the help of a Belgian friend of Spanish descent to memorize the perfect phrases.

The goal was to make the request naturally and “from the heart,” so that Messi would feel confident and hand over the historic item.

“Three weeks before the game, I asked him to teach me the right phrase. I wanted to speak in Spanish so it would seem genuine,” the midfielder revealed.

Despite his effort, Onana almost ended up empty-handed.

At the final whistle, another player was quicker and grabbed the shirt Messi wore in the second half.

The Belgian, however, didn’t give up and intercepted the star in the tunnel, securing the piece worn in the first half.

Onana confessed that the shirt is the only one in his collection that has never been washed. “The worst part is the guy didn’t even sweat. The shirt doesn’t smell like anything,” the player joked.

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📸 CHRISTOPHE SIMON