India, Aug. 15 -- It has finally been confirmed that Lionel Messi will visit India in December this year. The Argentine's visit received its final seal of approval, according to reports, and the Inter Miami star will have a three-city tour, which will kickstart in Kolkata on December 12.

Messi's trip will also see him go to Ahmedabad, Mumbai and New Delhi, and his visit has been named 'GOAT Tour of India 2025'.

The 2022 World Cup winner will also meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi at his residence on December 15, and it will be his first trip to India since 2011. In 2011, he visited Kolkata with his national team to play a friendly against Venezuela at the Salt Lake Stadium.

Satadru Dutta, promoter of the event, told PTI, "I got the aut...