Eight times Ballon d’Or winner, Lionel Messi has been trending on X on May 28 since a video of him speaking English emerged on the platform.
The arguably World’s best footballer among other things is known for his inability to speak the English Language publicly as he spent most of his years as a professional footballer in Spain and Argentina and few years in Paris.
Even on international platforms like FIFA awards ceremony and Ballon d’Or, the ‘GOAT’ – Greatest of All Time footballer avoids speaking English publicly.
Most often, he fluently expresses himself in the Spanish Language in public which is almost the same as Argentina Spanish.
However, in a shocking turn of events, Messi was heard speaking a two-line English sentence when he was featured in a trailer for Bad Boys, an American movie.
Messi speaking English in Bad Boys ad 😭
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Lionel Messi has broken the internet after fans heard him speaking English for the first time in public.
American actors Will Smith and Martin Lawrence who starred in the Bad Boys movie interacted with Lionel Messi and he had a surprise for his fans.
One person wrote: “Did Lionel Messi just speak English?”. Another tweeted: “Leo Messi spoke in English for the first time.”
The World Cup winner seems to be influenced by his current club, Inter Miami, an American club team which plays on the Major League Soccer in America.
Messi is probably learning the English Language now that he’s more based in America.
What you did not know about Messi’s English proficiency
Although this may sound weird to you, Messi is not speaking English for the first time. It might be the first time that Messi has been heard speaking English publicly, but it turns out the player has a fair idea of the language.
A UK news portal, Joe.co.uk reports that his Inter Miami teammate Julian Gressel admitted he was shocked to hear the World Cup winner speak fluent English during a game.
Opening up about that moment on the Player Manager podcast, Gressel said: “Between me and Leo we’ve had this running joke a little bit ever since the first few days.
“I asked him if he speaks any English and he was like ‘no, not really, your Spanish is probably better than my English’ There was one moment in Saudi, I forget which game it was but maybe the first game, against Al Hilal and he came over to me and spoke to me in English.
“It was the first time he spoke to me in English.”
Gressel continued: “During the game he covers his mouth because there are always a billion cameras on him. He covers his mouth and says ‘now, we change. You stay and Jordi (Alba) runs, Jordi goes more in behind’.
“I was just like ‘yes, ok – sounds good!’ The funny part was after, he goes ‘English, pretty good, no?’. I was like ‘yes, very very good! I understood everything!”
