Recently to congratulate Messi on winning the World Cup after many years of waiting, Karsa showed off his 8 billion VND watch, limited to the whole world with 8 pieces.
Lionel Messi is already a legendary player with the talent and trophies he already has, but Messi’s fame exploded even more after the 2022 World Cup Final between Argentina and France. Messi has won the most prestigious title in the world of football and has become the most sought-after name in the world.
With Messi’s brilliant name, the brands and products “following” him all had a “galloping” increase in value right after that. Limited edition items have even more “stressful” value, typically the Messi 2021 Purnell Ballon d’Or watch has only 8 pieces sold worldwide to celebrate Messi. received the 8th Golden Ball last year, so the value of this watch is about 8.5 billion VND.
In the world of League of Legends, there is one person who owns this rare item, which is famous esports player Hung “Karsa” Hao-Hsuan. After the gold cup went to Argentina, Karsa posted a status congratulating the idol: “This is the watch I got last year after Messi won the Ballon d’Or 2021. Congratulations Messi on winning the World Cup! Next year, I will work hard.” Along with that is a picture of a watch worth about 330,000 Swiss Francs, or more than VND 8.4 billion. At the time of the new sale, the manufacturer listed the price up to 500,000 USD, equivalent to 11 billion 850 million VND.
And the value of this watch will not stop there because the Argentine superstar is becoming more and more famous and expensive. Karsa once revealed in a 2020 interview that he has a hobby of collecting watches after getting tired of collecting rare anime figures that are hard to find. And of course, the hobbies related to collecting are never low.
Karsa has now joined Weibo Gaming’s all-star lineup alongside TheShy, Xiaohu, Light and Crisp to get ready to conquer the 2023 LPL Spring – the opening date is still unknown. He had a very unsuccessful season with V5 and perhaps 2023 with WBE will be the return journey of this talented jungler.