Spanish football expert Guillem Balague says Barcelona star Lionel Messi was close to signing for Arsenal when Cesc Fabregas moved to north London. After his successful Pep Guardiola biography, Balague has recently published a new book on Argentina superstar Messi, based on conversation with his closest family and confidantes. Speaking to IBTimesUK, the revered reporter has revealed previously unknown details about the four-time Ballon dOr winners development, and claimed Arsene Wenger held talks with him as a teenager. Messi could have signed for Arsenal in the past. He was in talks with them when they signed Fabregas. Arsenal had deals with Fabregas and Gerard Pique, Balague said. Fabregas signed and Pique, even though he wanted to sign, didnt do it because his agent change his mind at the last moment. And they also tried to sign Messi then. There was contact but Barcelona convinced [Messi] to stay. Anyway Arsenal told Messi that if anytime he had problems at Barcelona they would be interested in him.....
Posted on: Mon, 09 Jun 2014 11:04:24 +0000
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