Football: Messi museum planned in hometown of Rosario
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Lionel Messi smiles during a training session in Ezeiza, Buenos Aires, on March 19, 2013, ahead of the Brazil 2014 FIFA World Cup South American qualifier football match against Venezuela on March 26. A museum celebrating the exploits of legendary Argentinian footballer Messi is to be built in the Barcelona star's home city of Rosario. -- FILE PHOTO: AFP
BUENOS AIRES (AFP) - A museum celebrating the exploits of legendary Argentinian footballer Lionel Messi is to be built in the Barcelona star's home city of Rosario.
City mayor Monica Fein told Agence France-Presse that Messi memorabilia is to be donated by the player's family.
"It will be a sports museum where Lionel Messi will be the central character," Ms Fein said, adding that other Rosario-born luminaries, like Real Madrid's Angel Di Maria, will also be honoured.
"I think the Messi museum will be up and running in two years time," predicted Mr Hermes Binner, the former governor of Sante Fe province.
