The Argentinian football team and star footballer Lionel Messi would not have come for a match in Kerala, India, in October 2025, because the organizers did not respond to the request for appearance fees.
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Lionel Messi and the supposed visit of the Argentine football team in Kerala, India, are now in doubt because the organizers would not have collected the money required to welcome the Champions of the 2022 World Cup. Last November, the Kerala State Minister for Sports V Abdurahiman had announced that Argentina and Messi would play two international friendly matches in the state in 2025. Less one of the matches was to be planned in Kochi.
But now, it has appeared that the organizers have not managed to increase the minimum of 100 breaks of rupes necessary to organize the matches. RS 70 Core would have been necessary as is the appearance costs for the Argentine team.
No messi in India in 2025
A report in the New Indian Express Said that the deadline to confirm that the agreement ended with oraganisers not having respected the necessary financial commitments. Argentina, on the other hand, has started to explore other options.
According to the report, the Argentinian journalist Sports, Gastón Edul, said that Albiceleste would play two games in China and one in Angola and Qatar. Although the calendar has not been officially communicated, it seems that Argentina is already reserved for the friendly windows in October and November.
He also added that sponsorship was initially granted to a faction of the All Kerala Gold and Silver Merchants Association (AKGSMA), which aimed to increase the driver of Rs 100 required by sales on its “ “ “ `application.
From this amount, RS 70 crore would have been reserved for the fees for the appearance of the team. However, when the plan failed to gain ground, the government of the State would have transferred the sponsorship of the broadcasting company Reporter PVT LTD, owner of the TV journalist News Channel.
In March 2025, HSBC India, who joined the Argentinian football team to promote sport in India and Singapore, also announced that the team would go to India in October 2025. The press release gave the hopes that Messi will arrive in India in 2025, but the bank is now a mother on the issue.
Kerala Minister Abdurahiman also refused to comment on the issue. “Sponsors will answer questions,” he recently told Tnie.
