‘Lucky I cut my nails’: Messi’s bizarre video from the day he had a golden foot

Lionel Messi not only has 7 Golden Balls and 6 boots of the same metal: he also has a golden foot. This has “won” it at the time the jewelry Ginza Tanaka decided to honor him for his spectacular season in Barcelona in 2012.

At the end of that year, the Japanese jeweler designed in Spain an all-gold replica of Messi’s left foot.

The piece weighed 25 kilograms and, in early 2013, was put up for sale for $5.25 million.

Part of the collection, the Asian company announced at the time, would go to people affected by the earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan in 2011. The Leo Messi Foundation would also receive funds.

The curious thing is that the step-by-step video of making the “golden foot” returned to circulating on social networks after Argentina won the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

In it you can see the somewhat fearful Argentine 10 putting his left foot in a mold and then the goldsmiths finishing their work.

“There’s nothing wrong, is there?” Messi asked with a smile. Then, the Argentine comments how he finds his foot in the cube. “He was already on his toes, let’s say, he hit base,” explains the star, and adds, jokingly: “Good thing I cut my nails”.

The Golden Foot was presented in March 2013 by masakazu tanakathe president of Ginza, and by Rodrigo Messithe player’s brother, who attended the event in the player’s place.

Even if Messi was unable to go, he left a recorded video for everyone present at the presentation. “I am honored to have my foot recreated in pure gold”, he said in the message.

In addition to the “Golden Foot”, a golden box was presented that day, the “Golden Foot”, with Leo’s sole imprint and his signature. Only 150 editions would go on sale for $93,000.

Not everything is rosy

The golden foot turned out well, no doubt about that, but not all of Messi’s artwork ends up shining like the ‘golden foot’.

Friday, a mural featuring 10 holding the World Cup by the urban artist tvboyin Barcelona, ​​​​it was completely vandalized.

In the painting, located on Avenida Diagonal in Barcelona, ​​Messi appears dressed as a saint and the face of Diego Maradona inside a medal.

Oddly enough, this reprehensible gesture took place in a city where Messi is idolized by the majority of the inhabitants. The photo went viral on social media and revived a dispute that took place during the World Cup between Real Madrid fans against Messi and Culés pro Leo fans.