AN UNEXPECTED TWIST
Messi, at Real Madrid? Leo was able to play in the White House in 2001
Published:14/02/2022 - 13:05h
Updated:14/02/2022 - 13:05h
Leo Messi's story could have been very different, with a surprising and unexpected twist in 2001 with which he could have ended up defending Real Madrid, according to what was recently reported in France
Lionel Messi is an emblem in the history of the FC Barcelona. It was the player with more trophies, goals, parties and those that records can imagine. It developed all his sportive career in the Camp Nou, surpassing each 'stage' in the Barcelona picture and forging his legend in the team of the City Condal.
It left the Barça in 2021, when the club did not achieve to renew his agreement, but the histories of the details of his career do not stop to discover . Recently, and with reason of the important duel by the eighth of final of the Champions League between the Paris Saint-Germain, new team of Leo Messi, and the Real Madrid, 'Him Parisien' has desvelado that 'The Flea' was very near to get dressed of white in the beginning of his career.
Of agreement to the information of Guillem Balagué in the autumn of the year 2001 the Barcelona picture had pactado an agreement with 'The Flea' and his surroundings by a figure of 100.000 million pesetas by season, and the Real Madrid was had to put on the table a higher offer to carry to the 'perla' that was calling the attention of all the clubs of Europe.
The information in 'Him Parisien' desvela that in this moment, Javier Pérez Farguell, that was arriving to the sportive direction of the entity culé, warned to the Barça that the agreement was excessively high and finished offering an offer to the drop. "Who thinks that is? Maradona? We stop this and that return to Argentina", would have said a leader in that period.
The history resulted distinct
There it was when the Real Madrid, 'comandado' by Valdano, went in in scene. They were very very informed of what was happening and jumped to the attack to do with the services of Messi. Balagué Explains that the Madrid did not want to do a formal offer to avoid go to a war with the Barcelona, but from the surroundings of the young footballer listened say "think that will go to the Madrid"...
Finally, the Barça finished convincing to Messi and the rest is history. Now, Leo Messi himself has changed of airs and his present is in Paris, but yes reencontrará with the one who has been his rival by centuries: the Real Madrid. It will be able to mark them again? It would be the first time from 2018.
