Just last week, Ranbir Kapoor received a jersey from Barcelona’s football stalwart Lionel Messi on the actor’s birthday. The jersey had the Sanju actor’s initials RK written at the back of it. Obviously, Ranbir Kapoor was on cloud nine receiving the gift from the football star. Now, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee also received a special gift from Messi. The football star from Barcelona gifted the West Bengal CM with jersey and also had a message for her.  Ranbir Kapoor Gets a Jersey from Lionel Messi. 

The signature red and blue jersey has Didi and number 10 written on it and has a message which reads, “Best wishes for my friend Didi from Lionel Messi". The Argentine gifted the jersey to Mamta Banerjee as a token of appreciation for hosting Under-17 World Cup in 2017. The Barcelona legends handed her with the jersey last week who had arrived to Kolkata for a friendly match against Mohun Bagan. Since the Barcelona legends Juliano Belletti and Jari Litmanen could not meet Mamata Banerjee personally, they handed over the jersey to Football Next Foundation.

"They couldn't hand it over to Ms Banerjee personally, so they gave it to us. We have approached the CMO. Whenever Ms Banerjee agrees to meet us, we will hand it over to her," said the founder of the football foundation, Kaushik Moulik. We all know West Bengal’s love for football and Messi too is no stranger to the City of Joy.  He had come to Kolkata in 2011 for a friendly match between Argentina and Venezuela.

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