VIDEO SHOWS: SOCCER SUPERSTAR LIONEL MESSI UNVEILING 70-FOOT STATUE / MESSI MEETING INDIAN BOLLYWOOD ACTOR SHAH RUKH KHAN / SOUNDBITE OF MESSI RESENDING WITH COMPLETE SCRIPT SHOWS: KOLKATA, WEST BENGAL, INDIA (DECEMBER 13, 2025) (SREE BHUMI SPORTING CLUB – No use India. No use digital. Must on screen courtesy "Sree Bhumi Sporting Club") 1. (MUTE) VARIOUS DRONE SHOTS SHOWING 70-FOOT TALL STATUE OF SOCCER SUPERSTAR LIONEL MESSI COVERED IN CLOTH NEAR LARGE STATUE OF LONDON'S BIG BEN CLOCK TOWER 2. (MUTE) FANS WAVING ARGENTINA FLAGS 3. SOCCER SUPERSTAR LIONEL MESSI ARRIVING FOR STATUE UNVEILING CEREMONY/MESSI AND LOCAL LAWMAKER SUJIT BOSE SHAKING HANDS 4. MESSI HANDED JERSEY / POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPH 5. MESSI STANDING ALONGSIDE TEAMMATES LUIS SUAREZ AND RODRIGO DE PAUL AS PEOPLE APPLAUD / MESSI PRESSING BUTTON / SPLIT SCREEN SHOWING STATUE UNVEILED 6. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) (OVERLAYING WITH SHOT 7) ARGENTINE SOCCER PLAYER, LIONEL MESSI, SAYING: "Thank you for this recognition. It's a great pleasure for me to have done this inauguration today because I am very pleased with the support the people of Kolkata give to the Argentina national team and to me, and I feel great being here." 7. MESSI'S STATUE 8. VARIOUS OF INDIAN BOLLYWOOD ACTOR SHAH RUKH KHAN GREETING MESSI 9. VARIOUS OF MESSI AND KHAN POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHS STORY: Argentine soccer legend Lionel Messi unveiled a 70-foot tall statue dedicated to him on Saturday (December 13) in Kolkata as he commenced his GOAT (Greatest of All Time) India tour. "I am very pleased with the support the people of Kolkata give to the Argentina national team and to me, and I feel great being here," he said. Messi was accompanied by his Inter Miami teammates – Uruguay star Luis Suarez and Argentina's Rodrigo de Paul. Indian Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan also met the soccer superstar earlier in the day. Messi is in India as part of a tour where he is scheduled to attend concerts, youth football clinics, a Padel tournament and launch charitable initiatives at events in Kolkata, Hyderabad, Mumbai and New Delhi. (Production: Bhagya Ayyavoo)
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