A top North Korean football official said she wants megastar Lionel Messi to visit a new football academy in the communist state, where the Barcelona wonder is a huge hit with kids.

Han Un-Gyong, a member of the Asian Football Confederation's (AFC) executive committee, said children at the Pyongyang International Football School were avid fans of the Argentine.

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