Satadru Dutta, told PTI on Tuesday that Messi, along with long-time strike partner Luis Suarez and Argentina midfielder Rodrigo De Paul, will feature in a 45-minute fashion segment
Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez
Argentine football icon Lionel Messi will walk the ramp in Mumbai ‘for a cause’ during his India tour.
The sole promoter of the ‘GOAT India Tour 2025’, Satadru Dutta, told PTI on Tuesday that Messi, along with long-time strike partner Luis Suarez and Argentina midfielder Rodrigo De Paul, will feature in a 45-minute fashion segment on the night of December 14.
It will be a “philanthropic fashion show for a cause”, Dutta said.
“There will be celebrity models, celebrity cricketers, Bollywood celebrities, millionaires, founders. Tiger and Jackie Shroff, John Abraham among others,” he said.
The organisers have also “made a formal request” for Messi to bring “some memorabilia of the 2022 World Cup which will be auctioned” during the Mumbai leg of the tour.
The Mumbai event starts at 5pm at Wankhede Stadium, preceded by a Padel Cup at 3.30pm at Cricket Club of India. Meanwhile, in the Kolkata leg of the tour, Messi will unveil a 70-foot statue of himself virtually.
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