How much do you love Lionel Messi? A little? A lot? Possibly too much? Not even a little bit? A decidedly unhealthy amount? You have a Messi shrine in your closet that features his picture in a heart-shaped frame, surrounded by candles?
However much (or not much) your love for Messi, you still don't love him as much as this dude, who swam to Messi's yacht in hopes of meeting Messi and getting a picture.
Fan swam out to Leo Messi's yacht in Ibiza
pic.twitter.com/jLZOdJTeOW— Leo Messi (@messi10stats) July 17, 2016
Messi's yacht, it should be noted, was anchored about a kilometer off the coast of Ibiza. According to our boss, who occasionally swims, it would take an average swimmer about 17-20 minutes to cover that distance in a pool, and about a half hour for a normal person to swim that distance in the ocean (we assume he also had to swim back, but maybe Messi was nice enough to give him a ride). It was nice of Messi to let him on the boat. We don't know if we would have been that generous.
Messi with a fan on the front page of @mundodeportivo. This guy swam a kilometre to get a picture with his idol pic.twitter.com/AO8tAhcqg9
— MESSISTATS (@MessiStats) July 19, 2016
How many people in the world are so famous they can't even relax on a boat out at sea without being bothered by fans? Like, three, tops? There are lots of times when we envy Lionel messi's life. This is not one of those times.
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