As the first active star in the NBA, it is not surprising that Kobe Bryant is fascinated by others. However, this introverted and strong-willed star is fascinated by La Liga stars, which is somewhat surprising. A few years ago, Kobe's favorite football star was Ronaldinho of Barcelona. That was in 2006, when Ronaldinho led this veteran team to win the "double crown", Kobe was deeply attracted by Ronaldinho's skills. "He (Ronaldinho) plays football. I am his fan. " Kobe said, "We have been friends for a long time and often meet in Barcelona, Los Angeles and Miami. When we are together, there are always endless words. " Unfortunately, Ronaldinho left Barcelona and Messi came. Soon, the young Argentine star quickly occupied Kobe's spiritual space. Kobe likes Messi and there are reasons why they belong to Nike stars. However, Messi later abandoned Nike and joined Adidas. However, the relationship between them is as strong as before. During the Beijing Olympic Games last August, Kobe made a special trip to the Olympic Village and found Messi in the athletes' restaurant. In addition to chatting, he also took the initiative to take a group photo with Messi. Kobe is a fan of Messi, and Messi is also a fan of Kobe. In 2007, when Messi came to the United States, he made a special trip to Kobe. In order to explore the North American market, Barcelona sent team chairman laporta to the United States in late June last year at 65438+ 10 to discuss cooperation with Major League Soccer. Before the trip, Messi specially found laporta and asked him to give Kobe a big poster with his signature. After the inspection, laporta visited the biggest fans of their team and gave the poster of Messi to Kobe. Kobe Bryant was warming up with the Lakers at Staples Arena. After getting this special gift, Kobe was extremely excited. "Chairman, will you give me a contract with Barcelona?" Obviously, this is just a joke of Kobe. As soon as the meeting was over, he immediately turned and ran back to the lounge and put a big poster of Messi in the center of his locker.