Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi
will be getting married to his childhood sweetheart Antonella Roccuzzo this
month in Argentina.
Soccer superstar Lionel Messi’s
Argentine hometown is preparing to host footballing and showbiz celebrities
when he marries childhood sweetheart Antonella Roccuzzo this month in Latin
America’s wedding of the decade.
Colombian popstar Shakira, wife
of Messi’s Barcelona teammate Gerard Pique, has said she hopes to attend.
Media such as local Rosario
newspaper La Capital also expect other current and former Barcelona stars such
as Luis Suarez, Neymar, Cesc Fabregas and Xavi Hernandez to be among the
invitees.
The Barcelona forward’s agents
confirmed in a statement that the couple will wed in Rosario on June 30, a week
after Messi’s 30th birthday.
The guest list, venue and party
details are the subject of a swirl of rumors. Sources in the city’s cathedral
contacted by AFP denied reports that Messi and Roccuzzo would have a religious
wedding ceremony there.
The couple still have friends and
family in this northern city, where Messi discovered his love of football — and
of his brunette future bride.
It is
also where their two children were baptized — Thiago, 4 and one-year-old Mateo,
both born in Barcelona.
Some
media predicted 600 guests, but La Capital said no more than 250 were expected,
including 21 Barcelona players.
National
newspaper Clarin said Argentine singer Karina, wife of Manchester City striker
Sergio Aguero, will be a guest and also hired to sing at the wedding.
A source
in the city hall told AFP it was considering security measures for the crowd of
major football stars visiting.
“Messi
always moves around naturally in the city, but we have to gauge the
implications of the arrival of world football stars in Rosario,” the source
said.
In a
country where football and politics are closely linked, the wedding planner is
reported to be Barbara Diez, the wife of a close ally of President Mauricio
Macri.
SPANISH DESIGNED DRESS
La
Capital said the bride would wear a dress by Spanish designer Rosa Clara. Some
20 hairdressers will be hired for the guests, it reported.
As
wedding gifts, the couple have reportedly asked for donations to the player’s
children’s charity, the Leo Messi Foundation.
Shakira
recently denied rumors that she would miss the wedding due to a quarrel with
Roccuzzo. “If I can go to her wedding, we will go, because Gerard and Leo have
been friends since they were little,” she said in an interview on Argentina program
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