The child was named Ciro, and is the younger brother of Thiago and Mateo. The occasion was also the reason why Messi missed Barcelona‘s away La Liga fixture against Malaga.
While Messi’s name was omitted from the squad at the last moment, he watched the game from the hospital and also uploaded a picture of his family along with his new baby on his Instagram.
Well, all we can say is, watch out defenders, now there’s not one Messi, but four of them!