Lionel
Messi's formal visit to Gabon to lay the foundation for the
construction project of the country's stadium is filled with criticism
concerning his mode of stressing to the event.
Messi and Ali Bongo
Barcelona forward and Argentine star, Lionel Messi has come under
heavy criticisms over his casual dress mode to a national event in Gabon
which was to lay the first stone of the country's Port-Gentil stadium
construction for AFCON 2017.
He was officially invited by the Gabonese leader Ali Bongo.
A statement from the Union du Peuple Gabonais (UPG) party read:
“The messiah of football arrived in Gabon like he were going to
a zoo: dirty, unshaven and his hands in his pockets, looking for
peanuts to throw to them! “When you’re called Lionel Messi and you’re a
multi-billionaire, you don’t have the right to present yourself to
officials of a republic, even a banana one, with your hands in the
pockets of a ripped, tattered pair of shorts.
“Gabon isn’t a zoo. We don’t know what the Argentine came to Gabon for, but we at least have the right to denounce his negligence and his lack of respect for standards and principles. We are uneasy with Messi’s attitude and his attire. Only for these reasons, linked to respect for the host country, do we condemn the footballer’s indelicateness, to say the least!”
“Gabon isn’t a zoo. We don’t know what the Argentine came to Gabon for, but we at least have the right to denounce his negligence and his lack of respect for standards and principles. We are uneasy with Messi’s attitude and his attire. Only for these reasons, linked to respect for the host country, do we condemn the footballer’s indelicateness, to say the least!”
There is currently no official response from Lionel Messi or his representatives.
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