Palestinian football association chief Jibril Rajoub has called on fans to "target" Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi should he take part in Argentina's controversial friendly against Israel in Jerusalem on Saturday.
He specifically picked out the five-time Ballon d'Or winner due to his huge profile and said fans should burn their Messi shirts and pictures, per Dejan Kalinic of Goal: "He's a big symbol so we are going to target him personally and we call on all to burn his picture and his shirt and to abandon him. We still hope that Messi will not come."
Per Kalinic, Rajoub has accused Israel of having political motivations for the friendly.