Inter’s Antonio Cassano has named his newborn son Lionel in honour of Barcelona and Argentina ace Lionel Messi.
“I named him Lionel because I’m a massive fan of the best player in history. My wife wasn’t keen, but I then convinced her.
“In my opinion Messi is the most important player in history. I’m in love with him on a footballing level.”
Lionel was born at 20.10 local time last night and weighed in at 3.3kg.
Mum Carolina and baby are doing fine. The couple named their first son Christopher.