Real’s offer to Leo Messi

Seven years ago, while Leo Messi was at the top of the world and Barcelona was still one of the scariest teams in world football, the bitter rival, Real Madrid submitted him an offer that is hard to refuse. Florentino Perez was determined to attach the flea and was ready to activate his release clause – 250 million euros, at the expense of the renovations at the Santiago Bernabeu, senior reporter Gianluca di Marcio reported. Years but the flea was not impressed by the generous offer and outright rejected this option.

In addition Di Marcio announced that a year later Messi almost signed for Chelsea after Jose Mourinho had already persuaded the Flea to come to London in a long video call before the deal collapsed. This story was published in his book, Grand Hotel Calciomarcato, in which the reporter shed light on some of the great deals in world football that did not materialize in the end.

In 2013, Messi and his family were accused by the Spanish authorities of tax evasion and as a result they considered leaving the country. Of his father his agent, Jorge, in addition to advice from his former teammate, Deco, who also played for the London team changed his mind even though the flea had already summed up his terms in the blues.