The wedding of Lionel Messi and childhood friend Antonella Roccuzzo promises to bring together the brightest stars of world football in his hometown of Rosario, Argentina on June 30.
The owner of 5 Golden Balls showed his class when organizing a wedding party with the participation of 250 VIP guests with a buffet menu full of delicious dishes.
It is expected that Messi’s teammates at Barcelona such as Neymar, Luis Suarez, Ivan Rakitic and Sergio Busquets will all appear at the wedding. In addition, two former captains of Barca – Xavi Hernandez and Carles Puyol also accepted the invitation of the Argentine superstar. According to Argentine media, this country’s football legend Diego Maradona may be on the guest list.
However, Messi did not send invitations to anyone in Barcelona’s leadership team. Former Barcelona coach Luis Enrique and his assistant Juan Carlos Unzue were also not welcomed by the 30-year-old striker in Rosario. In addition, defender Gerard Pique is unlikely to be present on his teammates’ happy day due to the disagreement between his wife Shakira and his bride Antonella.
Pop singer Shakira is not pleased with her bride Antonella because she ruined the relationship between her best friend Nuria Tomas and Pique.
Many people waiting for Cristiano Ronaldo’s appearance at Messi ‘s wedding will also be disappointed because the Portuguese superstar is fighting at the 2017 Confederations Cup in Russia.
Guests attending the wedding were asked to contribute to Messi ‘s charity fund instead of giving wedding gifts to help poor children around the world.
After settling down with his family, the Argentine superstar will likely return to Spain to extend his contract with Barcelona until 2022. Notably, his salary will be increased to 22 million. Euro/season after tax, making M10 the highest paid player in the world.
This summer can be said to be the season of love for football players when Alvaro Morata, Antoine Griezmann, Phil Jones or Matteo Darmian got married while Granit Xhaka and Memphis Depay also just held their engagement ceremony.
