[Football] ..For those of us who moan about the difficulty of getting to the Amex !!

[Norman Potting]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-44544107

 

[Is it PotG?]

Our fans, moan about a queue for a train? Never.

 

[maffew]

Amazing! Get that man a ticket Messi, there must be spare seats

 

[Razzoo]

Hope France vs Denmark isn't a dour and dull borefest for him.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-44544107

"I support Argentina and Lionel Messi is my favourite - I worship him. It's my dream to meet him and ask him to sign my bicycle."

 

[Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo]

How much is airfare from India to Russia if it’s cheaper to fly to Dubai and buy a $700 bike there?

 

[John Byrnes Mullet]

Great story would be nice finish if the BBC could arrange for him to meet Messi.

 

[Gazwag]

He wouldn't moan about travel to the Amex as he obviously goes to away games

 

[Gazwag]

Great story would be nice finish if the BBC could arrange for him to meet Messi.

Or even just attend an Argentina match

 

[RandyWanger]

I love reading things like this. Great story. I hope he achieves his goal. Maybe Messi can spring for a flight home for the guy

 

[Official Old Man]

Hold on.
So he got as far as Dubai by plane, a distance equivalent to London to Madrid. From there he purchased a bike ($700) and had $10 a day for 45 days ($450) giving him $1150 which he could have used to buy a ticket to Russia from Dubai. He has a match ticket so transport is free in Russia so getting to Moscow should be easy. Also Argentina are only a free four hour train journey away and so he could get very close to the team. Once there I'm sure a journalist would take him under his wing. Meeting Messi, that's never going to happen.
All that said, congratulations to the guy and I hope he gets to see a good game, France v Denmark might be exciting or a 'we've qualified' reserves fixture.
AAAGGGHHH
Edit.
Ticket from Dubai to Moscow on the 24th June is £270 Return ticket a few days later is £340
DOUBLE AAAGGGHHH
He could have flown from Mumbai to Moscow same dates. Return price £530

Yes, I'm bored.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

“Cycling takes you back to the primitive necessities of life. ”

Maybe he should arrange a trip to Stoke next season if this is what he’s after.

 

[DavidRyder]

If he was a child, the meeting with Messi, hospitality, best seats and a signed shirt would have already been arranged!

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Hold on.
So he got as far as Dubai by plane, a distance equivalent to London to Madrid. From there he purchased a bike ($700) and had $10 a day for 45 days ($450) giving him $1150 which he could have used to buy a ticket to Russia from Dubai. He has a match ticket so transport is free in Russia so getting to Moscow should be easy. Also Argentina are only a free four hour train journey away and so he could get very close to the team. Once there I'm sure a journalist would take him under his wing. Meeting Messi, that's never going to happen.
All that said, congratulations to the guy and I hope he gets to see a good game, France v Denmark might be exciting or a 'we've qualified' reserves fixture.
AAAGGGHHH
Edit.
Ticket from Dubai to Moscow on the 24th June is £270 Return ticket a few days later is £340
DOUBLE AAAGGGHHH
He could have flown from Mumbai to Moscow same dates. Return price £530

Yes, I'm bored.

This all day long. Though it's a nice story, it doesn't really bear any kind of close scrutiny. Unless he gets his kicks from engaging with happy smiling obliging border guards in multiple countries.

Wonder if he's related at all to the Goa postcode memory bloke? He had a bike. And a similarly barely plausible yarn.