After a photo of an Afghan child wearing a T-shirt made from Lionel Messi’s luggage went viral, the Argentine team captain sent the boy a T-shirt signed by Messi.

Lionel Messi (Argentine national team captain, Barcelona striker, and five-time Ballon d’Or winner) is a Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF, and he recently posted photos on Facebook* of a happy 5-year-old Afghan boy named Murtaza Ahmadi wearing a new T-shirt autographed by his favorite player.

Not to mention the most popular Lionel Messi Twitter account, which broke the news. “I adore Messi, and my T-shirt says Messi loves me,” the young man expresses his feelings.

You may recall that in January, a photograph of a young boy’s back surfaced online, revealing that he was wearing a T-shirt made from a common bag and designed to resemble the jersey worn by Argentina’s national team captain, Lionel Messi.

The image was shared on Turkish blogs, which later admitted that they had lied about the youngster being from the devastated Iraqi city of Dahuk.

The message was quickly picked up by a massive fan account with around 700,000 followers.
According to a letter sent by Messi’s administration, his agents contacted his school to locate the youngster.

Over 7,000 copies of the tape have been made, and researchers from around the world have been scouring the internet for information. It was reported that the child had been found, and then it was reported that the claim was false. This resulted in the kid’s discovery near the end of January. Jagori is located southwest of Kabul, and it was discovered that he lives on a farm there.