As soccer crazy Kolkata gets engulfed in the World Cup fever, sculptors here are busy making statues of football stars like Diego Maradona, Lionel Messi and Kaka.

“We are receiving orders for statues of Kaka, Maradona and Messi,” said a sculptor from Kumortuli standing beside a Messi statue made by him. Kumortuli is a potters’ quarter in northern Kolkata.