Lionel Messi set to marry childhood sweetheart Antonella Roccuzzo

They have lived together for eight years and have two boys. Lionel Messi, star of the selection of Argentina and FC Barcelona, ​​and Antonella Roccuzzo will marry in 2017, announced Wednesday the radio Metro.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Antonella Roccuzzo and Lionel Messi will get married! It is a world first, "said Juan Pablo Varsky in his program No somos nadie on radio Metro. The host, who assured him that he had other details but would not give them, said that the marriage would take place in 2017. Sources close to the captain of Albiceleste also told the daily La Nacion That if there is "a plan of marriage, there is no date" fixed. For his part, the newspaper acknowledged that he had not spoken with Messi since 2005.

Messi, 29, Antonella Roccuzzo, 28, both from Rosario, 310 kilometers north of Buenos Aires, have lived together since 2008. They have two boys, Thiago, 4, and Mateo, a year , Both born in Barcelona.