Important year ahead for L. Messi - the Argentine will exchange rings with his long-time partner.

Argentinian football star Lionel Messi will exchange gold rings with his beloved Antonella Roccuzzo next year, various media outlets report.

The wedding date is not yet known, reported the Argentine radio station "Metro" and the newspaper "La Nacion".

The 29-year-old "Barcelona" footballer and his 28-year-old partner are both from Rosario, located 310 km north of the capital Buenos Aires.

The couple, who have been living together since 2008, are raising two sons - four-year-old Thiago and one-year-old Mateo. Both children were born in Barcelona.

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