Telegraph Sports writer who suffers from cancer receives signed shirt from Lionel Messi after writing about how Messi’s goals saved him

 Paul Hayward, who is a cancer sufferer and is the Chief sports writer of Daily Telegraph UK has revealed how Lionel Messi gave him a signed Barcelona Jersey after he wrote a beautiful piece in November 2015 titled “How the genius of Lionel Messi and Dan Carter gave me hope in fighting cancer” He tweeted a picture of Lionel Messi’s signed Jersey and wrote ‘Lionel Messi sent this signed shirt after I mentioned him in a piece about illness. So kind. Thanks to all involved.’ Below are excerpts of his article on Lionel Messi that prompted the kind gesture. “Then came the sharpest ray of light. Barcelona v Bayern Munich at Camp Nou, in May. On the screen in a room short on cheer, Lionel Messi collected a pass on his left foot, turned inside then out in an impossibly narrow channel and sent Jerome Boateng, the Bayern defender, falling sideways like a felled tree. Out came Manuel Neuer, the world’s best goalkeeper, to quash the threat with a giant, raised arm. And Messi chipped him. Chipped one of the biggest and most intimidating men in football.  “As the ball bounced into the net Rafinha, another Bayern defender, went with [...]
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