He could be a star of Madrid, the reason why Messi was going to play in this club

There is news that surprised Spain and the rest of the world, this was the confession of Manuel Ángel Romero, Real Madrid scouting, this person said that Lionel Messi was close to playing with the "Merengues" before being a star of FC Barcelona at be offered by a representative in his stage as a rookie player.

"A representative offered Messi to Real Madrid. Leo was sitting in my car. Horacio Gaggioli, who was driving a youthful Messi at the time, we were watching a game at the Premià field. Gaggioli told us that Leo's father 'is very upset because he thinks they won't give him the opportunity...Would you take us to Madrid?' Don't tell me twice, right now I'm calling the bosses," Romero said in an interview with Ser Catalunya.

In the end, this negotiation was not made because that year was the controversial contracting of Luis Figo to Real Madrid, the Portuguese betrayed FC Barcelona to sign with the hated rival. Then the two teams no longer wanted to conduct further negotiations.

And I called the bosses. That's why Leo was in my car, when they were talking in the car with the 'bosses' of Madrid, Horacio asked; 'Hey, what about Figo? That was an electoral issue, but you know that Madrid and Barça bark at each other, but they don't bite each other", said Manuel Ángel Romero.

In the end, Lionel Messi stayed at FC Barcelona and played with this team until the 2021 season, then signed a two-year contract with PSG, although Leo was very close to playing for Real Madrid for several years. Incredible news.