In 2000, gaspard became the 36th President of Barcelona. After three years in office, he didn't win any trophies, but now he has become an unforgettable person among all the presidents of Barcelona. In 2000, Messi, who was only 13 years old, came to Barcelona for a trial training-that was the opportunity his father won. The Argentines showed their extraordinary football talent and moved Rexah and Miguel (Barcelona scouts). They signed a contract on a napkin, which is the future of Barcelona 165438.
In fact, gaspard was not optimistic about the signing at that time: Messi was too thin and too young, and he had to pay high medical expenses for him, and he had to find a job and provide free housing for his father, which made gaspard once refuse Rexah's request. . .
In an interview with The Sun, Rexah recalled the scene when Messi was selected.
"I remember I went to the training ground at five o'clock sharp, and then I walked and observed that football is a team sport, right? But the child can solve the problem by himself. He takes the ball, breaks through and scores. He has extraordinary abilities. Those things are natural. He was born to play football. So I told my colleague that we had to sign him. This child is like an alien. "
Barcelona executives have been slow to make a decision. The club can delay indefinitely, but Messi can't. On the day of February 65438+April 65438, 2000, Rexah, then the technical director of Barcelona, had dinner after playing tennis, and Mingolla, Messi's agent, also came. During the dinner, Mingolla kept urging Rexah to sign Messi as soon as possible. Otherwise, take Messi to other clubs, including Barcelona's arch-rival Real Madrid. Interested Rexah risked his life to sign Messi, but he didn't have any preparation at that time and didn't even find the paper. So I found a napkin and wrote down this gentleman's agreement on this napkin, which is the "napkin contract". Finally, the significance of this napkin contract is proved. If it weren't for this gentleman's agreement, maybe Barcelona would have lost Messi long ago.
"I wrote:' As the technical director of Barcelona, I promised to sign Leo Messi.' Then I signed it.
This is the origin of napkins. At present, this napkin is well preserved in Barcelona Museum, and fans also call it the most expensive napkin in history. It is also a much-told story that a swift horse meets Bole [applause]
But Messi 13 years old was only 140CM tall. After his father took him to the hospital for examination, he found that Messi suffered from "dwarfism". Treating this disease costs $900 a month. Messi's father didn't have that much money to treat him, so the riverbed team immediately gave up Messi. Teams in Argentina know Messi's situation and it is impossible to sign him. Then the agent took Messi to Spain to try his luck. They came to Barcelona at the first stop, but Barcelona executives saw that Messi of 13 was a head lower than other children, so they were unwilling to sign him. Messi almost passed Barcelona.
Barcelona would like to thank them for having a great young coach, Rexhah, who took the initiative to let Messi stay. Rexah was very surprised when he saw Messi's training. Messi's talent is so good that he began to lobby Barcelona's top management to sign Messi, but Barcelona's top management remained indifferent. Messi's agent urged Rexah to ask what was going on, and Rexah also hurriedly urged Barcelona executives to sign Messi, but Barcelona executives were unwilling to sign Messi, thinking that he was too short for football. In a rage, Rexah conveniently found a piece of paper in the kitchen and wrote a simple contract, which he signed on behalf of Barcelona and Messi!
Barcelona executives learned about it afterwards, and Lexus seriously persuaded Barcelona executives. In the end, Barcelona paid for Messi's treatment, and Messi finally grew 29 cm, reaching 169CM. Messi is very grateful to Rexah. As long as Rexah is in Barcelona, he will not leave here.
(Photo: Barca and Messi's napkin contract)
/kloc-Messi, 0/3 years old, came to Barcelona Club in Spain from Argentina for a trial training and scored five goals at once. At that time, Messi was short and had no sense of existence in the crowd, but his skillful footwork shocked the Barcelona scout Rexah who was observing him at that time. After watching Messi's game, Rexah made up his mind that he would find a way to keep his children in Barcelona.
(Photo: Rexah, Messi)
At that time, Messi needed to spend $900 a month to see a doctor because of hormone deficiency and insufficient secretion of growth hormone. At that time, Barcelona President gaspard thought that signing Messi was a bad deal. After all, Messi was very short at that time, and even if he was outstanding, he couldn't prove anything, so there were various episodes in which Messi joined Barcelona.
(Photo: Messi, 13 years old)
Then, with the help of two agents, Gajili and Ming Gella, and Barcelona scout Rexhah, Gaspar was finally persuaded. After all, although Gaspar is the chairman, scouts know the potential of players best, so he will listen to scouts.
Of course, there is another reason why gaspard nodded yes, that is, if Messi is not signed, Messi may join their arch-rival Real Madrid.
After fixing the president of Barcelona, Gajili and Mingriel Yali persuaded Rexah to sign a contract with Messi, so Rexah invited Messi and his son to meet in a restaurant, but at that time, the Barcelona Club did not provide Rexah with a draft contract, so Rexah had no choice but to ask the waiter for a piece of paper and write down the simple contract terms on it.
A week after signing the contract, Messi officially became a member of Barcelona. From then on, he put on a red and blue jersey and grew up all the way.
Messi, the greatest player in today's football, has won six Golden Globes and numerous honors, but he is only 32 years old this year, which makes his opponents feel desperate. No one can succeed casually, and neither can Messi. In fact, Messi's football career started more bumpy than any superstar. If he had stayed with us, Messi might be just an ordinary office worker now. Then, the question is, why did Barcelona use napkins as a contract to sign Messi? Ok, please listen to me and tell me in detail.
Messi's bumpy career starting point
Since childhood, under the guidance of his father, Messi has shown a good football talent. When Messi was 65,438+00 years old, many powerful teams showed great interest in Messi. Unfortunately, at this time, something unexpected happened. Messi was diagnosed with dwarfism, which also made Messi go from heaven to underground overnight. Just injecting $900 a month to produce hormones has made Messi's family unbearable.
Fortunately, Messi met the most important person in his life-coach Kuka. Kuka firmly believes that Messi can become a superstar. He persuaded Messi's father to bring Messi's family to Spain. 13 years old and only 140 cm tall, Kuka kept lobbying Barcelona to sign Messi and treat him well. The efforts of Kuka and Messi's father touched the technical director of Barcelona, Charlie Rexhah. Without Messi's knowledge, Rexah was conquered by Messi's talent while watching Messi's youth training. So Lexus began to persuade the club to sign Messi. Unfortunately, Barcelona's top management is lukewarm and noncommittal. Barcelona can stall for time, but Messi can't. Messi's coach and agent reluctantly told Rexhah that if Barcelona didn't need Messi, they would take Messi to Real Madrid to try their luck. At this time, Rexah didn't want this talented boy to join his sworn enemy. So Rexah took the risk of signing Messi on behalf of the club in the restaurant, drafted a contract on a napkin and signed a contract with Messi's father and agent. After signing the contract, Rexah reported the situation to the club, and Rexah's insistence also moved the club. They began to treat Messi for free, and spent a lot of money to make a treatment plan for Messi, whose epiphysis has long been closed, to help Messi grow taller. Finally, Messi's height also reached 170cm (official height).
He didn't have the perfect figure and explosive power like Cristiano Ronaldo, but he kept playing football until he became a world-class football superstar with the help of a little man. On the court, Messi brought too many bright spots to our audience and many happy watching experiences to our stars. However, Messi's growth path was not smooth sailing.
After meeting Bole Tournie in his football career, Messi grew up and improved his skills. Messi got perfect training because of Barcelona's perfect football training system. From body to technology to football thinking, Messi's comprehensive quality ability has gradually increased. When he came of age, he officially signed a contract with Barcelona, and gradually became famous in his playing career in Barcelona, which is well known to our fans all over the world. Messi's football career seems unexpected, but it is not. First of all, he has extraordinary talent and is worthy of Barcelona's money training. Then Messi was only 6 years old, and he didn't have the most training time as a teenager, so Barcelona dared to pay. Because the child is still young, if you invest money, he has a lot of room to grow up and the cost is not much. So Messi is not ungrateful. Barcelona trained him, and he always insisted on playing in Barcelona. In addition, Messi's own wife is also a childhood friend, which shows how good Messi's character is.
Messi said a word:
I don't care what people say about me, but I know who I am and who I work for. Maybe everyone will know which star player we are going to introduce today when they see this sentence that broke out in last year's World Cup. That's right. Lionel Messi, an Argentine-born football player, is good at front waist, right wing and forward position on the football field. The technical characteristics are very comprehensive. I am good at controlling the ball, dribbling, passing and padding. In the past ten years, he has won five Golden Globes and become a peerless duo with Cristiano Ronaldo.
In 2003, 16-year-old Messi made his debut in a friendly match against Porto. This is his first appearance for Barcelona, which may be unexpected by many people. This is the beginning of a legendary story. Since then, Messi has had many opportunities to play and hone himself. In 2004, he made his debut against Real Spain, and China player Lei Wu now plays for Real Spain. Of course, it happened that when I wrote this article, Barcelona's next league opponent was Spain, hoping to see the confrontation between Wu Lei and Messi. In 2005, Messi won the World Youth Championship on behalf of the Argentine youth team. In this game, Messi played well and won the title of Golden Boot and Best Player. In September of the same year, Messi obtained Spanish citizenship and officially represented Barcelona in the Champions League. His first opponent was Udinese from the same family. Messi represented Argentina in the 2006 World Cup in Germany. In this World Cup, Messi only appeared as a substitute and scored a goal in the second game of the group stage. In 2007, Messi won the runner-up in the America's Cup. In the national derby in March, Messi scored a hat-trick and conquered the Bernabeu Stadium, becoming the first player to score a hat-trick in the national derby in the new century after zamorano. On April 18, in the King's Cup match against Getafe, Messi copied the classic scene of diego maradona, the king of the ball, attacking from a long distance and scoring five goals. After the game, Spanish newspapers such as Marca used a sentence as the title. The birth of the next king, Leo Messi, is enough to prove that Messi has given and shouldered the high hopes of too many people. In the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, Messi led Argentina to win the gold medal, which is the only national team competition honor in Messi's career so far. To this day, Messi still calls the scene of winning the championship in 2008 one of his best memories in an interview. The man who scored like hemp won the club honor and personal honor, and wanted to prove himself with a World Cup or even the America's Cup. After all, there are too many people who question that Messi is just a systematic player, saying that Messi would not be so radiant without Barcelona. 20 10 Messi, the core of the South African World Cup, failed to score a goal, and Argentina was bloodied by rammstein with four goals, which directly led to diego maradona's dismissal. He was brilliant as a player, but he was questioned as a head coach. 20 10- 1 1 At the beginning of the season, Messi scored 50 goals in La Liga, surpassing Puskas' scoring record of 49 goals and winning the Champions League trophy this season. In the 20 12 season, Messi scored 9 1 in the whole year, breaking the record of 85 goals of German B&B gold bomber Gadmuller. Messi's 20 13- 14 season ended prematurely due to injury. After returning from injury, Messi remained in a fiery state. Messi once again scored a hat-trick in the national derby against Real Madrid, becoming the first person to score in the national derby. The footsteps of the 20 14 World Cup came to the mysterious and fiery South African continent. Messi played a brave role in this World Cup and made achievements in almost every game. However, in the last battle, he made the German teenager mario gotze. After the game, Messi took the Golden Boot trophy but didn't look at it. Instead, he carefully looked at the untouched World Cup. We don't know what Messi is thinking, but we know that there is infinite unwillingness and pain in his heart. Harvey 15 retired. After Iniesta left last year, almost all the offensive responsibilities of Barcelona were handed over to Messi. In the past, Messi only needed to play under the command of Harvey Iniesta, and he could easily win the game by receiving the pass and scoring the goal. But now this is Barcelona, Messi can be said to be lonely. He grew from a teenager protected by his big brothers to a spiritual leader who shouldered heavy responsibilities alone. Maybe this is not what Messi really wants. He is different from Cristiano Ronaldo, who is a natural fighter. He was born to fight and never gave up. But Messi, like an outdoor hermit, just wants to play football happily. As before, he followed big brother with a lollipop in his mouth, met his opponent on the court according to the warm sunshine name of Iberia, and completed a delicate cooperation with his teammates. Life is always growing, and we can never be protected by others. One day, we will bear our responsibilities alone. This is a man. Messi is 3 1 year-old today, and Argentina was defeated again in the 20 18 World Cup. We don't know what Argentina will be like in 2022, but I know that when Messi, 35, can represent Argentina again, we may be in tears. Finally, let's pay tribute to Mei Shen. We are very grateful for the precious memories you brought us on the court! ! !
Messi, the greatest player in today's football, has won six Golden Globes and numerous honors, but he is only 32 years old this year, which makes his opponents feel desperate. No one can succeed casually, and neither can Messi. In fact, Messi's football career started more bumpy than any superstar. If he had stayed with us, Messi might be just an ordinary office worker now. Then, the question is, why did Barcelona use napkins as a contract to sign Messi? Ok, please listen to me and tell me in detail.
Since childhood, under the guidance of his father, Messi has shown a good football talent. When Messi was 65,438+00 years old, many powerful teams showed great interest in Messi. Unfortunately, at this time, something unexpected happened. Messi was diagnosed with dwarfism, which also made Messi go from heaven to underground overnight. Just injecting hormones for $900 a month has already made the Messi family unbearable.
Fortunately, Messi met the most important person in his life-coach Kuka. Kuka firmly believes that Messi can become a superstar. He persuaded Messi's father to bring Messi's family to Spain. 13 years old and only 140 cm tall, Kuka kept lobbying Barcelona to sign Messi and treat him well.
The efforts of Kuka and Messi's father touched the technical director of Barcelona, Charlie Rexhah. Without Messi's knowledge, Rexah was conquered by Messi's talent while watching Messi's youth training. So Lexus began to persuade the club to sign Messi. Unfortunately, Barcelona's top management is lukewarm and noncommittal. Barcelona can stall for time, but Messi can't. Messi's coach and agent reluctantly told Rexhah that if Barcelona didn't need Messi, they would take Messi to Real Madrid to try their luck.
At this time, Rexah didn't want this talented boy to join his sworn enemy. So Rexah took the risk of signing Messi on behalf of the club in the restaurant, drafted a contract on a napkin and signed a contract with Messi's father and agent. After signing the contract, Rexah reported the situation to the club, and Rexah's insistence also moved the club. They began to treat Messi for free, and spent a lot of money to make a treatment plan for Messi, whose epiphysis has long been closed, to help Messi grow taller. Finally, Messi's height also reached 170cm (official height).
Perhaps no player's contract is more shabby than Messi's, but Messi's efforts have also rewarded the adventurous Reshak and Barcelona. Since scoring the first goal for Barcelona in 2005, Messi has gradually grown into the king of the ball with 14. He has also brought countless honors and achievements to Barcelona, and that napkin has become the most expensive napkin in the world, which has been collected in the safe of Andorra Credit Bank and has become a permanent treasure of Barcelona.
I don't think Messi needs much introduction, as everyone knows. What I want to share with you today is these things when Barcelona signed Messi.
That year, after Messi came to La Masia, everyone noticed his strength, but it was still difficult for the board of directors to decide whether to sign a skinny boy, so they postponed his contract, which made Messi's father feel uneasy because they needed to know whether he would stay or return to Argentina. Knowing that Charlie Lexus did something unexpected, his parents and agent said, "Hello, you are kidding me." At that time, the coach and assistant of Barcelona Football Club said, "Don't worry, I will get it done soon." So the club assistant took a recent piece of paper and wrote: As the technical director of Barcelona Club, I agree to sign Messi, and the amount is open to question. And attach the signature of the technical director. For his benefit, the contract must take effect.
But the technical director didn't expect the napkin contract to be so important, and the technical director didn't expect what would happen next. He was born with defects and was ignored by others. With hard work and talent, he has been ahead for decades. Records have been broken by this flawed man again and again, and he will continue to write brilliantly. He is Lionel Messi. A born football player.
On June 24th, 2005, Messi18th birthday, he signed the first professional contract with Barcelona. /kloc-conquered Barcelona with strength at the age of 0/3,/kloc-won the Golden Globe Award and Golden Boot Award at the age of 0/8, and won the European Footballer and World Footballer of the Year at the age of 22. He won the Golden Boot Award five times, the Golden Globe Award five times, and won the gold medals in La Liga, King's Cup, Champions League and Olympic Games. Messi is now 3 1 year old. His World Cup debut was in Germany in 2006, and this year's World Cup in Russia is his fourth. This may be the last time. In the past three times, fans will say "nothing, play again in four years". But no one dares to say that this time, because maybe they won't appear on the pitch of the World Cup in four years. Although the outside door is reluctant to say goodbye, we will say goodbye eventually.
What seems easy to do in the world, the answer is: no. There is only one more difficult question waiting for you. Football will always be football, and it will never change, but life has an established track. No matter how many times you change tracks, you will eventually return to the same destination. So is Messi.
As the saying goes, "there are always swift horses, but Bole is not." This napkin contract is a good story. If it weren't for Hoksach's thirst for talents, signing this contract with a napkin, perhaps there would not be Messi, the king of Barcelona today.
For Messi fans, the story of this "napkin contract" must be very clear.
Although Messi is gifted, his body is a "defect". In September 2000, Messi, a teenager in Rosario, crossed the Atlantic to Barcelona with the help of everyone. Here, Messi quickly conquered everyone with his superb skills, but because of his short stature, it is difficult to get recognition.
Why is Messi so much shorter than his peers? After a comprehensive physical examination and data analysis, the doctor thinks that Messi suffers from growth hormone deficiency, but it is not a genetic disease. Therefore, Messi began the treatment process of injecting hormones into his calf every day from an early age. No matter where he goes, Messi carries a medicine box with him and gives injections at any time.
The key point is that according to FIFA regulations, if Messi comes to Barcelona, Messi's family must also come with him. Then arranging Messi's family to work is also a problem that the club must solve, which will undoubtedly increase the club's expenses. According to the calculation at that time, the youth training fee will increase by130,000 euros every year.
It is these problems that cause Barcelona to hesitate. Messi is a rare talent, but the cost is not low. Many problems need to be solved, and even Messi's accommodation needs the club to pay for this extra fee. However, Hawksaatchi, who has a unique vision, believes that Messi must not be lost, even if it is an exception for Messi.
As time goes by, Barcelona's top management has not made a decision. The club can delay indefinitely, but Messi can't. On the day of February 65438+April 2000, Hoksach, then technical director of Barcelona, was having dinner with Gajili after playing tennis, and his agent Mingolla also came. During the dinner, Kajili and Mingolla kept urging Huo Kosac to sign Messi as soon as possible. Otherwise, take Messi to other clubs, including Barcelona's arch-rival Real Madrid.
Intentional Hawksaki risked his life to sign Messi, but there was no preparation at that time, and even the paper was not found. So I found a napkin and wrote down this gentleman's agreement on this napkin, which is the "napkin contract".
Finally, the significance of this napkin contract is proved. If it weren't for this gentleman's agreement, maybe Barcelona would have lost Messi long ago. Of course, Barcelona made Messi. In Barcelona, Messi set countless records.
? Speaking of this, people have to think of China football. Many people think that if Messi had been in China, it would have been abolished long ago, and it would be absolutely impossible to have today's achievements. Why is this? Simply put, it is the selection of China football. Will a player like Messi have Bole in China? Almost impossible.
If China football has such a talent selection mechanism, then China football will not be unable to select a few talents. However, there are many other problems, and that is backwardness.
At that time, Messi came to the China Football Association and couldn't even get in.