Former Manchester City Executive Director Harry Cook told how in 2008 an English club tried to buy Lionel Messi from Barcelona.

“Paira Piemposan (assistant team owner at the time) was starting to boil. The phone was on the table and he was talking to Paul Aldridge, another person close to the club’s board..

So, imagine a picture: Paul with his London accent says:

" Paira at this moment lies on a deck chair and enjoys a massage. He screams into the phone: "

On the other end, they translated incorrectly, they heard: " Paul came up to me and said: " I replied: "

\? 70 million pounds? You're crazy? "

It is noted that Barcelona is ready to consider the offer to sell Messi, if it were serious.

Lionel spent his entire career at the Catalan club. In 2019, he became the six-time owner of the Golden Ball.