Lionel Messi was the focus of a chilling terror plot at the recent World Cup in the United States, Mexico and Canada. This was revealed in a police dossier that details suicide bomb threats, bomb scares, and violent harassment levelled at some of football's biggest names throughout the tournament. The existence of the dossier came to light after Spanish outlet informacion.es obtained daily security reports compiled during the month-long competition. Lionel Messi Named Prime Target in Terror ThreatsMessi, now 39, as the single most targeted player at the World Cup, with extremists and would‑be attackers allegedly singling him out repeatedly. The impression that emerges, though, is of a World Cup where Messi and his peers played under the shadow of a steady drip of danger, even if most fans never noticed a thing.