The iDesign Gold company designed swim covers for the players who won the Qatar 2022 World Cup. At first it was reported that the PSG star was behind the gift, however, Sport newspaper denied this version.
In Argentina, the euphoria for the World Cup continues. More than two months after the accomplishment, tributes continue to arrive from different latitudes. Now from Europe, since the company iDesign Gold has designed iPhone 14 Pro Max phone models, bathed in gold. At the beginning we said that Lionel Messi I would give one to every teammate in the Albiceleste. However, according to Spanish newspaper Sport, it is an advertising campaign.
According to what was published by the newspaper, the PSG star does not plan to make such a gift to the team. At least personally. In any case, it is a fact that cell phones exist. They are personalized models, with the phrase “World Cup Champions 2022”, the three stars, the AFA crest and the name plus the number of each footballer.
In the first place, the English publication The Sun, assured that the gift would mean an expense of 210,000 dollars for the striker. “Lionel is not only the greatest of all time, but he is one of iDesign Gold’s most loyal customers. and he contacted us a few months after the World Cup final,” designer Benjamin Lyons told the British newspaper.
Even the company that made the design publicly thanked Messi. However, it’s not the first time they’ve used a footballer’s face for a marketing stunt. “It was an honor to deliver 35 gold iPhone 14s to Leo Messi for his teammates and staff as a gift for winning the World Cup final,” they wrote on their social media. The phones in question, the iPhone 14 Pro Max, are the latest presented by Apple.
As the hours passed, the story took unexpected directions. From the environment of Lionel Messi, they hinted that the star never decided to pay a high amount of money for gifts. In addition to what Sport published, Olé newspaper revealed that the designer did send the cellphones to Messi, but free of charge.
Benjamin Lyons has known the Rosario for a few years. In the past, the designer showed an iPhone 13, especially for Messi, with a gold case in the Albiceleste captain’s name. In this case, just after receiving The Best award, the businessman contacted the former Barcelona player again, to move the phones of the Argentine team. Such that the gift would come from the company and not come out of Messi’s pocket, as has been implied in the last hours.
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