The Napkin That Changed Lionel Messi's History: The Day His Father, Jorge Messi, Pressured Barcelona
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Legend of world football, Leo Messi is synonymous with triumph, but his career could have been very different if a director of Barça, eager to tie him up, had not resorted to a simple napkin to change the history of football. The rubric of the former technical secretary of Barcelona Carles Rexach along with those of the then representative of Messi Horacio Gaggioli and agent Josep Miguella sealed Messi's career. "At the time we signed it we drea…
In 2000, a young Lionel Messi had drawn Barcelona’s attention, who did not hesitate to pay for the trip to the Catalan capital to try it out.
The discoverer of “La Pulga” in Barcelona recalled the special bond of the footballer with his father. He recalled the famous anecdote of the contract in a napkin
Jorge Messi was the one who took Leo's first picture in Barcelona: this is the story behind him
After the death of the father of the captain of the Argentine team, it was remembered how his will to sign changed the history of football
The napkin was "signed" on December 14, 2000 at a restaurant in Montjuïc, when "La Pulga" was 13 years old.Years later, it was auctioned at $969,000.
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