WIRE โ€” Argentina captain, Lionel Messi, has spoken for the first time about the viral picture of him bathing Spain winger Lamine Yamal as a baby. The famous photo was taken in 2007, when Yamal was only a few months old and Messi was beginning his rise at Barcelona. It resurfaced in 2024, when Yamal's father described 2026 World Cup final: Messi speaks on photo of him bathing Yamal as a baby

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