My dream is not over yet.

Do you remember that one video of Neymar bringing a baby Davi to Santos practice? And he’s just 19, clutching at this baby, so scared that someone will hurt it or drop it. And then Ganso asks to hold Davi and Neymar looks so nervous, but he lets him and it’s such a moment. Ganso with Davi in his arms, careful and staring at him, completely entranced, and Neymar, just babbling, ‘absorb some of his skills, son’, and now here they are, not teammates anymore, and Ganso has a kid of his own too.

In an interview on “Con todo al aire” of the Argentinian radio Pulxo 95.1, Roberto López, the artist who made the tattoo to Messi’s arm said how he was preparing this spectacular picture.

The assignment

‘’I received a WhatsApp message telling me ‘Hi I’m Leo’. He received my number through a mutual friend. I had a clear idea, but I had to find the images and compose it.“

Logistics

“He, personally, organized the trip. He didn’t delegate it to anyone. He pick me up at the hotel. He drove the car and helped me to load my suitcase in the car. I traveled to Barcelona 2 times. And, as details remain to be polished, we will come back after the Copa América.”

Messi as a patient

‘’He’s very resistant to pain. We had 3 sessions in 1 week, something extraordinary, I haven’t done with anyone. We did it at his home, in the living room. He asked me if I wanted anything and he told me I could ask anything I want. Anything.“

The remuneration

“From the outset we agreed that he will tattoo me something. He tattood a 10 on the right wrist, which complements the 9 that Palermo did for me on the left wrist. They’re the only tattoos I have.”

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