Arguably the greatest footballer of all time, Lionel Messi, could've played a friendly game in India, but the All India Football Federation couldn't accept the proposal by Argentina. The secretary general of the AIFF, Shaji Prabhakaran, admitted that the Argentina FA had reached out to the Indian governing body for a friendly but the proposal had to be turned down as India didn't have the finances required to be pumped into such a setup. Millions of Messi fans, hence, saw the opportunity of witnessing their GOAT in action slip by.