New Delhi, Dec. 14 -- Former India captain Bhaichung Bhutia slammed "unwanted VIPs" who came and surrounded the Argentine football icon Lionel Messi, creating chaos at Salt Lake stadium in Kolkata on Saturday.

Talking to news agency PTI, Bhutia said, "What we saw and heard was that a lot of unwanted VIPs came to the stadium and surrounded Messi, while the genuine fans did not get to see him. I hope this kind of incident does not happen."

Bhutia said Messi's visit was a good initiative, but was marred by poor organisation, which prevented genuine fans from seeing their idol. "It is a bit disappointing because I heard that around 80,000 fans turned up. Everybody loves Messi, but genuine fans did not really get to see him, which is very un...