After solidifying his claim as one of the greatest players in history and being donned the Arabic traditional robe for royalty by the Qatar Emir himself. According to a recent report by SPORTbible, an Omari lawyer by the name Ahmed Al Barwani doesn’t want Messi to keep the robe and has offered the 35-year-old legend a huge cash sum of a million dollars (£829,000) to ensure it stays in the Middle East.
The Arabic bisht is a symbol of chivalry and wisdom and it symbolises wealth and royalty in Arab nations. With Qatar wanting to add an extra flourish to the trophy lift as the first Muslim nation to host a World Cup, it was given to Messi by the Qatar Emir himself so despite this man’s sentiments, it would be insulting for Messi to sell it away like that after all it was used to honor him.
Because such a gift is priceless, and from the controversies that robe has caused Messi because it was worn over his Argentina jersey, and for Qatari officials to defend it saying it was necessary for the regional celebration shows why he should never sell it for that sum.
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