The Barca captain prioritizes exchanging shirts with fellow players if asked, and also revealed that in his career he only made an exception with Zinedine Zidane.
Messi once showed off his beautiful jersey collection on social networks, in a photo taken with his eldest son Thiago. According to the Mirror, Messi shared that he will often exchange shirts with a fellow Argentine player if They encounter each other on the field during a match.
The owner of 6 Golden Balls revealed on Argentina’s TyC Sports channel that he never asked others to exchange shirts with him, except for French football legend Zinedine Zidane.
“I don’t ask to change shirts, I usually only do it when asked, except for the one time with Zinedine Zidane.
If in that match there is an Argentine player on the opposing side, I will exchange shirts for that person if asked.”
We can see it in the photo Messi took with his son Thiago, with the jerseys of fellow stars like Di Maria, Sergio Aguero, Manuel Lanzini and Diego Milito.
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