TOKYO(BullionStreet): World's most expensive footballer Argentina's Lionel Messi's left foot was recreated in pure gold by Japanese jeweler Ginza Tanaka to commemorate the player's achievements.
The foot will go on sale on Thursday, with an endorsement from the Leo Messi Foundation, which helps children at risk around the world.
A pure gold replica of the Barcelona forward's left foot, valued at $5.25 million, was unveiled Wednesday in Tokyo.
''It's exceptional. You can see each line in the foot,'' said Messi's brother, Rodrigo. ''It's an impressive piece of work.'' The jeweler said he cast Messi's foot in Spain at the end of 2012.
''We loved the sound of making the 'golden left foot,' and it being gold, it was our goal to make the project of recreating Messi's left foot a reality,'' said Masakazu Tanaka, president of the company that made the piece.
Other golden artifacts going on sale are Messi's golden footprint worth $94,500 and the ''Golden Foot Mini,'' which is half the size of the actual golden foot, worth $42,000.
Part of the proceeds will go to Messi's foundation, which in turn will go to support children in areas affected by the earthquake and tsunami disaster that hit Japan in March 2011.
A solid gold replica of footballer Lionel Messi’s left foot, complete with blood vessels and the swirls of skin on the bottom of the toes, is to go on sale in Japan, a jeweller said early today.
The company said the golden foot is due to go on sale on Thursday, along with a number of miniature versions and a solid gold plate of the Barcelona FC frontman’s footprint, the company said.
Part of the profits from the sale will go to help people affected by the quake and tsunami that hit Japan two years ago next Monday, through the Leo Messi Foundation, a charity run by the Messi family.
Argentinean Messi won an unprecedented fourth consecutive Ballon d’Or at a FIFA gala in Zurich in January, adding yet another record to his stellar list of achievements as the top scorer in Spain’s La Liga.
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