“When Messi won the Ballon d’Or, we were on the plane and he gave it to me”

Yassine Cheuko, Lionel Messi’s famous bodyguard, since he joined the MLS, made a revelation about the Pulga.

In a media intervention, the Argentinian’s bodyguard explained how the latter considers him more than a friend and not as a simple bodyguard.

Inter Miami captain Lionel Messi practically makes Yassine Cheuko a member of his family with whom he jokes.

This was the case when the Argentinian was crowned Ballon d’Or in 2023 and traveled to Paris to receive his trophy in the company of the bodyguard.

“Messi doesn’t just consider me his bodyguard, but also a friend. We talk, we laugh and we get to know our personalities together. He always invites me to lunch and he treats me well.

When he won the Ballon d’Or, we were on the plane and he said to me: ‘Yassine, take the Ballon d’Or yourself’, and I said to him: ‘Okay’. At first I thought he wanted me to take him somewhere else.

When I took him away, he said to his son and his wife: ‘The winner of the Ballon d’Or for best bodyguard is YASSINE!’

It was a magnificent moment and words I will never forget from the best player in the world.

I feel like I’m part of his family and I try to protect him not only on the physical side, but also on the psychological side, because he trusts me a lot and depends on me.

For my part, I give it my entire approach. He is very humble and very great”declared Yassine Cheuko.