Finally, 37 years later he was named after the famous American singer-songman, Lionel Messi met with Lionel Richie, although in a few moments after the Inter Miami’s game in Florida. Clearly Chak, Richie installed the moment with a meat-up: “When Lionel meets Lionel! Mother named him in my name … and here we are,” with a laughing emoji. “It was very nice to meet you after all these years.”
The story is, as revealed by Messi’s mother Selia Quukitini in 2010. When Selia became pregnant, Richie’s song “Say, say me kaho” was in fashion.
He told Argentina television channel Telef, “I was ahead of the due date, it was difficult, it was difficult.
“As we did not have a boy’s name, I always liked Lionel. When George kept it, he put Leo! When he came, I almost killed him,” Cellia said laughing, because of why ‘I’ was chosen: “Because we loved Lionel Richie.”
Richie also sent a message in 2016 after Messi’s Penalty Miss in the final of Copa America. “Yes, Lionel, just make it easy as Sunday morning. Don’t get out of all size here. If I told you how many times I am lost in Gramies, I am doing only one thing. Go upside down.”
The singer once told TMZ Sports about it in 2014. “He named him after my name! And they met.
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