PSG star Lionel Messi was almost rejected to Barcelona, it has been revealed.
It is revealed that the Argentine family almost fixed the price of a young Messi going to the Nou Camp.
It was in the autumn of 2001 when Barca made an agreement with Messi and his family to join the club at a rate of 100 million pesetas per season.
Messi's biographer Guillaume Balagué revealed that Javier Pérez Farguel had joined Barcelona's management team at the time and was surprised to see Messi's contract.
He considered it excessive and he made a low offer.
"What does he consider himself? Maradona? Let's stop it and let him return to Argentina," said one director, assuring Balagué to Le Parisien.
In the end, Messi's family and Barca make an agreement to take a young Leo to Spain.