Even though he is not a legend of Bayern Munich Club, Lionel Messi ‘s shirt is still placed in a glass case located in the museum at the Allianz Arena of the defending Bundesliga champions .
Bayern Munich fans visiting the club’s museum at the Allianz Arena were surprised to see Lionel Messi’s shirt in a glass case, next to the Golden Ball and the golden shoe of legendary Gerd Mueller. Bombing King” of the Bavarian football team.
Messi’s shirt is the only item in the museum that has absolutely nothing to do with Bayern Munich, but behind it is a whole story.
In 2013, Lionel Messi donated his shirt to legendary Gerd Muller. Previously, he broke the record of scoring goals in a calendar year of the “King of Bombing”. The German legend scored 85 goals in 1972. However, in 2012, Messi broke Mueller’s record by scoring 91 goals.
After surpassing Mueller’s record, Messi sent him his signed shirt. “Dedicated to Gerd Mueller, whom I greatly respect and admire,” Messi wrote along with his signature on the shirt sent to Mueller.
When receiving this shirt, Gerd Mueller was very happy and said: “I am very happy and proud to receive such a gift from the best player in the world.”
Mueller also said that this shirt will be placed in Bayern Munich’s museum for all fans to see. And right now, Messi’s shirt is in a glass cabinet next to the two noble titles he won, the Golden Shoe and the Golden Ball.
Recently, a photo of Messi’s jersey in Bayern Munich’s showroom appeared widely on social networks and made many fans excited. In fact, Messi also has a shirt hanging in the museum at the San Siro stadium and another shirt sent to Pope Francis (it now hangs in the museum at the Vatican).