By this point they were disappointed: they had seen no Messi statues, plaques or museums. “You breathe football everywhere in Rosario, but, curiously, the air doesn’t smell of Messi,” author Guillem Balague writes in “Messi,” the official biography.Everybody seems to have a story about Messi, but “the city does not seem to want to gloat. “We could’ve travelled to a beach in Barcelona, Thailand or Australia, but we came here,” Wagner said.Messi is strongly connected to Rosario. It’s the only sign that the five-time FIFA world player of the year was a standout player here as a child. In his hand, he held copies for a Messi tour that his office has tried to launch twice.

Source: Economic Times May 28, 2018 18:00 UTC