BARCELONA : From posing for selfies to enjoying seafront meals and taking his children to bouncy castles, Lionel Messi's down-to-earth existence won him the admiration of many locals in his longtime hometown Barcelona.
The multi-millionaire Argentine, with the club for 21 years, has often been spotted dining with his wife, Antonella Roccuzzo, in beachside bars or taking their three children to bouncy castles. He would pose for selfies with locals. "When Messi hurt his leg, I said it must be a worry that he could not do his job but I said I had a job which only required him to assemble stuff with his hands," said Tomlinson, 47, a Briton who runs a business making instruments to measure light intensity.Maxim Papais, 11, said he would often see Messi as he walked home from school and the pair would wave to each other.Messi was known to enjoy local Argentine restaurants in Castelldefels.
Messi, 34, told a press conference on Sunday that he had"grown up in the club and I became the man I am here".
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