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When you are as popular as Barcelona captain Lionel Andres Messi, it is impossible to keep yourself hidden in front of thousands of cameras, and also from fans who want to know it all about you.

Lionel Messi is no different. He has millions of fans from around and world, and it is mostly possible that most fans would know a lot about Messi, but do they really know it all?

Here are 5 things you did not know about Messi

Also read: 4 reasons why Messi should win the Balon d’Or

Foodie

The little Argentine is an absolute foodie, or he used to be. Back when Barcelona signed him as a 13-year-old, he used to eat almost everything, until his dietitian said enough was enough.

Poor Leo. However, he must have his cheat meals every once in a while still. After all, once a foodie, always a foodie.

Messi’s celebration

Wonder why Messi points towards the sky with both arms after scoring a goal every time? That’s because he dedicates his goals to his grandmother who passed away when the Barcelona star was 10-years-old.

Leo was very close to his grandmother, and in fact, she was the one who fought against all odds to admit Messi to a football school.

Messi’s hobbies

Hobby-wise, superstar Lionel Messi is just like any other couch potato. His motto is eat, sleep, Play Station and repeat. Also, he likes to watch Prison Break too.

But ever since he became a father, he loves spending more and more time with his children, and of course his sweetheart, Antonella Roccuzzo.

Hates talking on the phone

To all the introverts out there, you know that feeling so well, don’t you? When the phone rings and it’s apocalypse? Worry not, because that is what Lionel Messi feels too.

And whenever someone needs to say an important thing to him, they say it with an SMS or WhatsApp, that’s how it is.

Also read: 3 reasons why Messi will lead Barcelona to a treble

Signed on a napkin

If you don’t know this one, are you even a Lionel Messi fan?

Messi was signed on a piece of napkin by then Barcelona director Carles Rexach. Just because Rexach did not have an official contract, and just because he had seen the talent in Leo and would not let go.

The napkin is now a very historic part of the Barcelona museum.

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