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WHAT'S NAME GOT TO DO WITH IT?




Thursday, June 30, 2016

11:14 AM

...and his name is MESSI.  His father is Kehinde Afolajimi, from Osun State, South West Nigeria  popularly known in his Palmgroove Lagos locality as "UP BARCA". An ardent fan of Football Club Barcelona (FCB). His wife bore him a son on the 17th of April 2015, and he named him MESSI Joshua Afolajimi. Apparently, Messi Lionel, the great footballer of FCB is his favorite player.

      At age one, his son, Messi's mastery of the game soccer, is amazing. Give Messi a ball or any round object and he is in a different world entirely. Put anything in his path and it turns into a soccer ball. His mum's cooking pots are not spared. Look out for this football champion in some years to come. What's name got to do with it? This picture says it all. Name it, call it, say it and it becomes it!



Baby MESSI JOSHUA of Nigeria.  Photos by Bimboh Chekwas
   MESSI LIONEL of Argentina as a baby. Photos: Internet      





 






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