Why football star Messi followed this Indian on Instagram

Kottayam - Thousands of comments flowed in when he posted a photo on Instagram soon after Messi followed him.

After Mesut Ozil, football legend Lionel Messi followed a Malayali youth who is a diehard fan of his rival Cristiano Ronaldo.
Abhijith P. Kumar, residing from Kottayam, becomes a hot discussion in the virtual world as Lionel Messi's official Instagram account started following him unexpectedly, reports Mathrubhumi News.
Thousands of comments flowed in when he posted a photo on Instagram soon after Messi followed him, the report added.

But later, Messi's official page realised the mistake and unfollowed Abhijith's account.

The fans turned the opportunity into a joke, saying that Messi's eldest son Thiago could have played the prank by sharing a photograph in which he plays with Messi's mobile phone.
 

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