“Many thanks to Lionel Messi for paying for my anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) surgery,” the fan wrote, a post that immediately went viral as the Argentine footballer was thought to have donated the money. But no, Amanda, in an interview with ‘Mirror’told the true story that inspired his post in instagram.
“To have season pass for the games New York red bulls and I usually go to everyone, but I noticed that as soon as they started talking about the arrival of Lionel Messi, the tickets started to go up. I’m in the fan area behind the arch, that’s the cheapest ticket, and some sell for over 700 dollarsbut I just wanted to sell it,” he says.
“I will have surgery on August 18 and I may have to walk on crutches, so I probably won’t be able to go to the game anyway. I’m glad I sold the ticket and got the amount I needed,” he added.
Amanda assured in the journalistic note that she hopes to see Messi later and was happy about his arrival in football in the United States, because power and popularize the competition in the world.
Source: El heraldo
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