Leo Messi Reportedly Covers Unpaid Wages of Argentina's Security Staff

Turns out Leo Messi is not just a class act on the pitch.

According to journalist Juan Palo Varsky, Messi acted generously, and fast, when he heard that Argentina's security staff had not been paid for "several months."

Messi quickly got on phone to his father and arranged for payment for the workers who had fallen victim to the Argentinian FA's current financial problems. 

Varsky told the story on "No Somos Nadie" on Metro 95.1, as picked up on by Sport: 

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Lionel Messi was in his room waiting for the game against Brazil in Belo Horizonte, when a knock at the door came. Two or three people appeared, all from the security team who look after the Argentine team and they said 'Leo, we have to talk with you. For five or six months they have not paid us. The situation is complicated, you are the captain of the team, you know us, we are asking for your help,'

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Varsky added that Messi will likely be "furious" with him for telling the story, because the Barcelona star likes to keep such charitable actions a secret.

"There are a lot of actions he doesn't want people to know about, but I thought it pertinent to tell this because there is no reason not to, save for his anger," said the journalist. 

[Sport]