Auction for Messi's napkin Barca deal halted for bizarre reason


by World Soccer Talk

World Soccer Talk— An iconic event in soccer history was memorialized on a napkin when Barcelona informally recruited Lionel Messi, then 13 years old. He went on to orchestrate one of the best careers in sports history. "In Barcelona, on 14 December 2000 and the presence of Messrs. [Josep] Minguella and Horacio [Gaggioli], Carles Rexach, FC Barcelona's sporting An iconic event in soccer history was memorialized on a napkin when Barcelona informally recruited Lionel Messi, then 13 years old. He went on to...

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