Akshay Kumar Gets Dragged Into A Meme Fest As Netizens Joke He’ll Be Playing Lionel Messi In A Biopic Post Argentina’s FIFA World Cup Win: “He’s Already Getting Ready”

Footballer Lionel Messi led his country Argentina to World Cup glory on Sunday, scoring twice against France in one of the all-time great finals. As tens of thousands of blue-white Argentinian fans celebrated the victory, desi fans also celebrated by sharing some Bollywood-inspired memes, featuring Akshay Kumar.

Messi finally crowned his record-breaking career by claiming football’s biggest prize with a performance that will go down in World Cup history, scoring a first-half penalty and netting again in extra time. As fans rose to salute the footballer, Messi then said, “we’re champions of the world!” on the stadium microphone.

Soon desi fans recalled Khiladi Kumar’s ‘Housefull 3’ scene. Social media was filled with photos of Akshay in Argentine colours. Meme makers saying, “Akshay Kumar to play Messi in his biopic.” One user wrote, “Akshay already getting ready for his next movie.” while another user tweeted, “Lionel Messi: The Legend of Argentina Biopic incoming! Starring @akshaykumar.”