By Gura Garcia
Sep 11, 2024, 3:40 PM EDT
Lionel Messi will always be remembered for his best years as a professional football playerwhich he was able to experience defending the colors of FC Barcelona, where he was able to win a total of (35) titles, had a positive number of matches played (778), goals scored (672) and assists made (303), also leaving a series of unforgettable moments that simply will not be left out of the memory of any Barça fan.
However, at the time there was the possibility that the forward The Argentine would have worn the colours of another club and this was recently revealed in an interview with the media ‘Koora’, Horacio Gaggioli, who at one time was the current player’s representative and captain of Inter Miami of Major League Soccer, gave a testimony about what could have been the possible transfer of the Argentine to other clubs.
Real Madrid tried to sign Messi
Gaggioli revealed one of the clubs that knocked on his door to try to obtain his services of the player from Rosario. Real Madrid, the team he faced the most times (47) and one of those that scored the most goals against him (26), showed great interest in signing the Argentine ‘jewel’. However, this was not an idea that made the young Argentine player hesitate at that time, and his desire to wear the blue and red shirt was always a priority.
“Real Madrid were interested in him when he was young“I was 16 or 17, but Leo never wanted to leave Barcelona,” Gaggioli explained.
Arsenal also tried to leave Barça without Messi
To close, the former agent of the captain of the Argentine national team, He also revealed that another club was in the running to sign Leo Messi, but this simply did not happen for the same reason that was mentioned above.
“Arsenal showed interest in signing Messi early in his career, but he didn’t want to leave Barça,” He concluded. A story that caught the attention of all the Barça fans, and continues to do so today, and which shows all the love, commitment and enthusiasm of a young Messi to be a FC Barcelona player.
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