Barca star Lionel Messi to pay visit to Uzbekistan

Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- Argentine and Barcelona star Lionel Messi will arrive in Uzbekistan on 19 November on invitation of Bunyodkor.

During his visit, Messi will conduct master-class for young players of Bunyodkor. The master-class will be open for public.

As earlier reported, Bunyodkor, former Kuruvchi, signed a cooperation agreement with Spain’s Barca. Within the agreement, Eto’o, Carlos Puyol and Andres Iniesta visited Uzbekistan along with mercurial Arsenal midfielder Cesc Fàbregas.

President of Barcelona Joan Laporta and a group of managers also visited Uzbekistan.

It is expected that Barcelona and Bunyodkor will hold two warm-up matches in 2009.