zbet911 Real Madrid tried to sign Lionel Messi when he was a teenager, but the Argentine forward had no intention of leaving Barcelona. zbet911
zbet911s Lionel Messi’s first agent Horacio Gagnoli has revealed that Real Madrid tried to sign the Argentine legend when he was 16 or 17, but the player had no intention of leaving Barcelona, Marca reported on Tuesday. ( zbet911 )
zbet911s Messi joined Barcelona from Argentina at the age of 13, making his first-team debut at the age of 17 in October 2004. Real Madrid tried to sign the Argentine forward at the time, but Messi refused to leave the Catalan capital and became a club legend. ( zbet911s )
Messi’s first agent, Gagnoli, revealed: ‘Real Madrid were interested in him when he was young, 16 or 17, but Leo never wanted to leave Barcelona.’
Messi has made it clear he has no intention of leaving Barcelona, the club where he grew up both as a player and a person and went on to become a club legend, playing 778 games, scoring 672 goals and winning 34 trophies, including 10 La Liga titles and four Champions Leagues, before leaving in the summer of 2021.