Mural of Messi painted on Barça star's old school in Rosario

Barcelona forward Lionel Messi has had a mural painted on his old school in his honour. 

The Escuela Nº 66 General Las Heras in Rosario, Argentina has celebrated the fact that Messi attended school their by having his image painted on a wall outside the school building.

It occupied 40m² and 1,500 litres of paint were needed for it to be completed, with Messi wearing the Argentina shirt in the mural. 

Paulo Consentino was in charge of the painting; he has also done similar work on Neymar in Brazil and Luis Suarez in Uruguay. 

The creation was supported by The Lionel Messi Foundation.