Lionel Messi Gains 7 Million Facebook Fans in 7 Hours

First things first: the most shocking part of this news story is that it took Lionel Messi years to start a Facebook fan page. The brightest star in already the star-studded soccer team FC Barcelona and last year’s La Liga Player of the Year, Lionel Messi has inspired legions of soccer fans around the world. It only seems natural that fans of the FC Barcelona forward would clamor to show their allegiance if he only gave them the chance. Yesterday that’s just what happened, as Lionel Messi’s new Facebook page flooded with nearly 7 million likes in only a few short hours.

Social media blog Mashable first reported the story that less than a day after the Lionel Messi official Facebook page went live, the Argentinean soccer star garnered 6.9 million Facebook fanss, or “likes.” At 1:16AM PST, Lionel Messi posted a Spanish greeting to fans with the translation: “Hola! Welcome to everyone. Thank you very much for the great number of messages that I have received. I am so excited! From now on we will be more closely connected through Facebook.”

By now, the Lionel Messi fan page has grown to include photos, video, links to favorite causes like UNICEF and the Leo Messi Foundation, and an inspirational biography. “No matter the titles, trophies and honors,” says Messi, “I will always be the boy who grew up in Rosario, Santa Fé, Argentina. It was there that I learned to walk just to be able to chase a dream.”

It’s possible, Mashable updated, that the overnight sensation of the Lionel Messi Facebook page could have resulted from a merge of several unofficial Facebook fan pages to his official pages, but this remains unclear as there is no public option in place on Facebook to make such a merge. As far as we can tell, it’s just a testament to the awe and admiration Lionel Messi commands every day.

Source from : EXECDIGITAL.com