(Photo : Harry How/Getty Images) LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – (R) Yassine Chueko, bodyguard of Lionel Messi (#10) of Inter Miami CF, pulls a fan, who ran onto the pitch, away from Messi within the second half throughout a match between Inter Miami CF and Los Angeles Football Club at BMO Stadium on September 03, 2023 in Los Angeles, California.
Rumors have unfold round about the true id of the bodyguard of Inter Milan star Lionel Messi, who previously month has been turning right into a rockstar himself in America like his shopper.
Yassine Cheuko, believed to be round 35 years previous, has attracted vital clout in social media ever since coming with the Argentine famous person to Major League Soccer. He is all the time noticed standing subsequent to Messi and maintaining with the participant, even on the sphere.
His constructed and difficult demeanor aroused the eye of many Americans and social media customers; what got here with it had been speculations about his actual id.
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Some even went so far as constructing Cheuko a profile akin to a film character’s.
Who is he, actually?
The Athletic ran an investigative article on Cheuko’s background, and the general public bought quite a lot of issues improper concerning the bodyguard.
What’s true and false about Messi’s private guard
One declare about Cheuko is that he was a part of the American Navy SEAL and has been deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan.
Rating: False
Records of American navy members can be found to the general public. Citing Don Shipley, a former SEAL, The Athletic discovered that Cheuko has no information in any respect within the American navy.
Another declare about Cheuko is that he’s an MMA fighter, which many additionally consider is a requirement in being a bodyguard to defend Messi in opposition to subject stormers.
Rating: True in a manner
Cheuko has an Instagram account with movies of him coaching with MMA fighters. His coach, Luis Aguirre Elias, spoke to The Athletic and revealed that they first met in Thailand.
However, he clarified that Messi’s bodyguard is hardly a professional.
“He doesn’t have much professional experience but his technique and balance is excellent,” Elias stated.
“I’m training him to improve those things even more, and also to put in a bit of my style, as well. We’ve also worked on his grappling, as well – he’s also very good at grappling.”
Another tidbit about Messi’s guard is that he has been with the participant since his PSG days and reportedly earns $3 million yearly, which is unconfirmed.
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