Is Argentina’s Central Bank Really Going To Put Lionel Messi On The 1000 Peso Note?

Lionel Messi leads Argentina to spectacular victory in FIFA world Cup 2022 and currently, that is moment, Following Argentina’s victory, several media reports claimed that the Central Bank of the Republic of Argentina proposed to put Messi’s face on its 1000 peso banknote. Financial daily El Financiero has reported that the proposal was made in jest by central bank officials. As quoted by the Daily Mail, El Financiero reports that the offer was made in Argentina’s 4-2 win over France in the penalty shootout at the World Cup on 18 December.

Officials from the central bank reportedly started working on ideas even before Messi’s show, which went down at the FIFA World Cup final. But the report said the proposal to put Messi’s picture on the 1,000 peso note was made “in jest”. Independiente, agreed that such a design would evoke the collective spirit of Argentina.

Fake pictures of Messi on a banknote surfaced on social media.

While the proposal is in jest, the Argentine players have worn Messi’s cap along with their jerseys. Messi’s heated spat with Netherlands striker Wout Weghorst became a major talking point after the quarter-final clash of the FIFA World Cup 2022. After the game, Messi called Weghorst ‘bobo’, which means idiot. “What are you looking at, you fool? Go there.’

Messi’s words went viral in no time and after the Argentina football team won their third World Cup title, they decided to relive the moment by printing Messi’s comment on a T-shirt. Argentine footballers were recently spotted in jerseys featuring the Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) striker’s now-famous lines.

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