LONDON (Reuters) - Argentine star Lionel Messi was received by Saudi Arabia's entertainment adviser Turki Al-Sheikh during a meeting with his country to face Brazil in the World Classico on Friday evening at King Saud University Stadium between Brazil and Argentina.
Al-Sheikh welcomed the star Messi in Riyadh where he said in a statement quoted by the Saudi sports: “I am happy to return here, there are a lot of things have changed in Saudi Arabia during the past five years since your last visit, Prince Mohammed bin Salman changed a lot and the whole world comes to us, is Now builds the new Saudi. "
The Al-Sheikh touched on Messi's football career and where he will conclude: "I hope after five years when the value of your contract is less than now we will see you play at Almeria."
It is noteworthy that this visit is the second to Messi to Riyadh in five years, and will return again on January 8, where his team Barcelona in the Spanish Super Cup finals in Jeddah, where he meets Valencia in the semi-finals of the tournament.