$1m Dollar Offer Made For Lionel Messi World Cup Bisht

Lionel Messi, the captain of Argentina, has received a $1 million bid for the Arabic bisht he wore to hoist the World Cup.

The proposal was made on social media by a lawyer and Omani parliament member Ahmed Al Barwani.

On his social media, he posted:

“From the Sultanate of Oman I congratulate you for winning the World Cup Qatar 2022. The Arabic bisht, a symbol of chivalry and wisdom. I’m offering you a million dollars (£829,000) in return for that bisht. I was at the stadium watching that moment live when the Emir of Qatar gave Messi the bisht.

“This moment told the world that we are here, and this is our culture, please know it well. It will be displayed to commemorate that moment of pride, and to help us relive it, and to also remind us that we can (do anything). This tournament was a source of pride and has highlighted important facts about how we didn’t forget about Palestine and that Arabs are one and united.”

Messi, though, is unlikely to sell because he is aware of how significant this distinction was to a non-Arab and someone without an Arab cultural heritage. The Leo Messi museum in his hometown of Rosario is the more likely location for this Bisht to be seated.