Messi Orders 35 Gold iPhones For World Cup Winning Argentina Team
Lionel Messi ordered 35 gold iPhones for gifting to his winning team members as well as support staff.
Argentina’s star footballer Lionel Messi has a unique way of celebrating the team’s historic win in FIFA World Cup 2022 that was held in Qatar. This was Messi’s first world cup trophy. He has ordered 35 gold iPhones for gifting to the team members as well as support staff. The iPhones’ combined worth is EUR 1,75,000 which roughly amounts to Rs 1.73 crore. As per a report in The Sun, the special gold devices have each player’s names, jersey numbers and the Argentinian logo engraved on them. The report also states that Messi had the phones delivered to his apartment.
As per sources, Messi had intended to do something ‘special and blingy’ to celebrate the moment. “He got in touch with entrepreneur Ben Lyons and they came up with the design together.” iDesign Gold is a company that offers personalized luxury smartphone devices such as gold iPhones, iPhone cases, and so on. CEO of iDesign Gold, Ben, said, “Lionel is one of iDesign Gold’s most loyal customers and got in touch with us a couple of months after the World Cup final. He said he wanted a special gift for all the players and staff to celebrate the amazing win but didn’t want the usual gift of watches. So, I suggested gold iPhones inscribed with their names and he loved the idea.” The gold iPhone that Messi got for each team member and support staff is the iPhone 14. iDesign Gold’s official Instagram handle posted a picture of Messi receiving the iPhones as well as the design of the phone. The caption of the post read, “It was an honour to deliver 35 gold iphone 14 to @leomessi for his team mates & staff as a gift for winning the world cup final.”
