Who knew Saudi Arabia had so much green space? the venerable player said in a photo of the Kingdom’s Mabiti date palm plantations he uploaded over the weekend. I enjoy discovering its unforeseen surprises whenever I can. Naturally, this sparked wild rumours about whether the (for the time being) Paris Saint-Germain player might join fellow athlete Cristiano Ronaldo in joining a Saudi club.
Messi is now an official Saudi tourist ambassador, according to a set of images posted by the Kingdom’s minister of tourism, Ahmed Al-Khateeb, showing the star player and his family taking in the beauty in Saudi Arabia.