Lionel Messi to meet five-year-old super fan

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Lionel Messi will reportedly meet the five-year-old boy who sparked a worldwide search after a picture emerged of him wearing a blue and white plastic carrier bag he had fashioned into an Argentina shirt with the footballer’s name on it.

A campaign was launched track down the young boy - who lives in a Taliban-controlled region of Afghanistan - after the image was shared by thousands on social media.

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