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PIC: Lionel Messi sends a special gift to young Murtaza Ahmadi

Published 17:29 25 Feb 2016 GMT

Simon Lloyd
PIC: Lionel Messi sends a special gift to young Murtaza Ahmadi

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Although he might not be old enough to fully appreciate it, it's been an incredible few months for Murtaza Ahmadi.

A photograph of him wearing a home made Lionel Messi Argentina shirt - fashioned from a striped blue and white plastic bag - went viral and sparked a global search to find out the identity of the youngster. With the power of the internet, Murtaza was tracked down to a remote region of southern Afghanistan. And soon after, Messi started to put plans in place to meet the five-year-old in person. Although the Barcelona star is yet to finalise the details of his meeting, he has sent a special gift to Murtaza, as seen in the tweet below. https://twitter.com/UNICEFAfg/status/702738685897383937?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw Murtaza can now add his new signed Argentina shirt to the Barcelona strip he was given by the Afghanistan FA.

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