The dreams of millions of soccer crazy Kolkatans came true as Uruguayan-football sensation and the winner of the Golden Ball in World Cup 2010, Diego Forlan set foot in the city early on Friday morning. Forlan is on a three-day visit to Kolkata to take part in a football






reality show organized by newly launched Bengali channel Mahuaa Bangla. Forlan, who arrived around 8.15 am after a prolonged 28-hour journey from Montevideo via Sao Paulo, Johannesburg and Dubai, looked visibly tired as he checked out of the airport since he had come. However, the sight of enthusiastic fans waiting outside the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport brought back smile on his face. Decked in a white T-shirt and denim, the soccer star straightaway headed towards the hotel.
“I had heard that Kolkata is a football crazy city and now I realize this too,” said Forlan before leaving for the hotel. The footballer spent most of the day relaxing in his suite to get out of the jet lag. Interestingly, as earlier planned, the football-star wasn’t accompanied by his girlfriend Zaira Nara. “She was scheduled to come and her tickets were booked as both were holidaying in Sao Paulo but later she decided to go back home,” said a source close to the footballer.
However, Forlan preferred to stay put in his suite for the rest of day and didn’t m