Argentina National Team player revealed that he will get a tattoo of Lionel Messi: "I asked him..."

The albiceleste defender shared an unheard-of anecdote about the 39-year-old captain and the special tribute he will pay him after sharing his first World Cup with him.

Admiration for Lionel Messi continues to produce stories not only from the thousands of fans who follow him from different parts of the world, but also within theArgentineNational Team.

On this occasion, one of the footballers on the squad that finished as world runner-up after losing 1-0 to Spain in the final, confessed that he has decided to immortalize the captain on his skin through a tattoo of #10 and told how Leo himself took part in the choice of the image.

Argentine defender revealed that he will get a tattoo of Messi

Two weeks after the 2026 World Cup final, Facundo Medina, one of the Argentine players who played in his first tournament wearing the albiceleste jersey, revealed the special tribute he will make to Lionel Messi and recalled the gesture the captain had with him.

In an interview with the YouTube program "Ferné con Grego," the defender said that he decided to get a tattoo of Messi and that it was the captain himself who chose the image he will carry on his skin:

"I asked him for no more than three things [from Messi]" Medina began recounting. "The first was for him to choose a photo for me to get tattooed".

In the story, the defender said he felt a little embarrassed and didn't want to bother Leo, but he was surprised by the captain's reaction:

"He, with complete openness, told me: 'Here, use this one I have on my phone'," the Olympique de Marseille defender recounted. "I'll always cherish that gesture", he said.

He also revealed that he still hasn't been able to get the chosen design tattooed on his skin by Messi

At 27 years old, the defender is going through a great moment. Called up by Lionel Scaloni to play in his first World Cup, he earned an important place in the Argentine defense. During the tournament he started in the matches against Algeria, Austria and Cape Verde. In addition, in thefinal against Spain he came on in place of the injured Cristian "Cuti" Romero.

However, for the defender who currently plays for Olympique de Marseille, sharing a squad with Messi was one of the most significant moments of his career, to the point of wanting to immortalize that memorywith a tattoo chosen by the Argentine captain himself.