The Barcelona star has seen photos of the child in a homemade shirt and "wants to do something" for him, according to Messi's father.
Lionel Messi wants to meet a young boy who went viral after a picture of him wearing a homemade shirt made from a plastic bag spread around the world online. Five-year-old Murtaza Ahmadi worships the soccer star, but a jersey of the Barcelona player is beyond the means of his poor family in Afghanistan's Ghazni province. His older brother Homayoun made him the blue and white striped plastic "shirt" with Messi's name written in marker pen and posted a photo of Murtaza wearing it on Facebook. Jorge Messi, Lionel's father, told the AFP news agency that the footballer was aware of the photos and "wants to do something" for the boy. Watch this space!
