Gamers are often falling over themselves to swap shirts with Lionel Messi after taking part in in opposition to the Argentina legend.
St Mirren defender Richard King confronted the good man twice earlier this yr – however had little interest in selecting up a Messi memento.
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King’s former membership, the Jamaican league winners Cavalier, performed Inter Miami within the final 16 of the Concacaf Champions Cup within the spring however misplaced each legs 2-0.
“That was very nice, you understand, Messi, [Luis] Suarez, Sergio Busquets, Jordi Alba, some huge names, some legends, that was a superb sport,” King, 23, stated.
“I did not get any shirts. I did not need them, to be sincere, as a result of we might have received. I used to be sort of vexed.
“With Messi and all of the stuff you see on TV, how he performs, how he strikes on the pitch, it is the identical and it is actually troublesome to get close to him.”
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A couple of months after assembly Messi in Miami, King was on his solution to play in Paisley regardless of hyperlinks with golf equipment all over the world.
“I might had the prospect to signal him earlier than that,” Buddies supervisor Stephen Robinson stated.
“However we had been in slightly little bit of a sticky run round about Christmas time, and we determined to simply hold monitoring the scenario. We had been very fortunate as a result of I consider there was a big bid turned down from an MLS membership in January final yr.
“We managed to get him for buttons additional down the road. We consider we have an actual, actual discover, a extremely high expertise.”
Robinson believes that in addition to making his mark within the Premiership, the composed defender might lower a touch on the world stage subsequent yr.
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“There is a good probability he’ll most likely find yourself going to the World Cup as nicely with Jamaica. They’ve had a improbable run underneath Steve McClaren. We hope that he’ll proceed progressing,” stated Robinson.
Taking part in on the finals in North America 2026 is an enormous motivation for King, who has change into a daily for Jamaica underneath McClaren.
“We’re within the remaining group phases of qualifying and we have received our first two video games, so it is a good begin to the marketing campaign,” King added.
“We win our subsequent two video games, we’ll be heading to the World Cup for certain.
“Taking part in there’s a actually huge incentive. It might be the second World Cup finals in our historical past, the primary one was in 1998, so it is going to be actually huge for our nation as nicely.”