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Messi: Football icon wraps up India tour with Delhi visit

The tour featured a 70ft statue unveiling, meetings with celebrities, and drew thousands despite Kolkata stadium vandalism and Delhi's severe air pollution.

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Messi's India tour had a chaotic start after angry fans in Kolkata damaged a stadium after failing to catch a glimpse of him.

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In Calcutta, an impressive tribute was paid to Lionel Messi: Indian fans built a 21-metre statue to the glory of the Argentine legend. The monumental work, representing Messi brandishing the World Cup trophy, overlooks the chaotic traffic of the eastern metropolis of the country, a region where football is not the most popular discipline. "It is the largest statue that I have made," said Monti Paul, responsible for designing this iron sculpture,…

The visit of the ‘Pulga’ to India generated a furor, with prices of up to $120,000 for a private meeting, but ended with serious allegations of fraud and riots in Calcutta.

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BBC News broke the news in United Kingdom on Monday, December 15, 2025.
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