105 crores needed to bring Messi to Bangladesh
Huge support from Argentina in Bangladesh. Therefore, the Bangladesh Football Federation is planning to make the world champion Argentina play a friendly match in Bangladesh. After the official press conference at the BAFFE building today, BAFEF president Kazi Salahuddin talked informally about Argentina-Messi with the journalists.
Argentina came to Bangladesh in September 2011. Lionel Messi's team also played matches at the Bangabandhu National Stadium. But according to the board, what it cost to bring Argentina a decade ago will be much more this time, 'a lot has increased in ten years.
Now they are world champions. All in all, it may take 7 million (dollars) for Argentina. And the cost of the entire match can be as much as 10 million (Tk 105 crore in Bangladeshi currency).'
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Argentina's opponent in 2011 was Nigeria. This time, the Buff President is not yet thinking about who will be the opponent, 'I want to confirm Argentina first. After that, the opponent will be fixed.' This year's FIFA calendar has been announced. For now, BFF is targeting the June-July window, it is not possible in the March window. Will try to bring in the June window.'
The big problem in the current context is the stadium. Bangabandhu Stadium is still under renovation. Recently, the BAUF President met with the Minister of State for Youth and Sports, Zahid Ahsan Russel. He said that he got assurance from there, 'I had a discussion with the minister. He said that the stadium will be available before June.
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Apart from Argentina, Paris Saint Germain (PSG) club is also being discussed. In this case, the Buff president sees a little problem, 'PSG has Messi, Neymar, Mbappe. But there is a problem, the club does not have a FIFA calendar. If you want to bring them, you have to bring them in the pre-season. Messi's contract runs until this year. If Messi is not in PSG, then PSG cannot be brought.
Argentina or PSG is a very difficult team to bring. Need a lot of money. However, the Buff President does not see any obstacles to try, "There are limitations, but there is no problem to try."
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