When Did Messi Sign His First Contract

However, both also point out that if he decided to leave Barça, they would wait there at the beginning of the queue. "In the presence of Mr. Minguella and Mr. Horacio, Carles Rexach, technical secretary of FC Barcelona, a commitment is made under his responsibility and, despite some opinions, against the signature of the player Lionel Messi as soon as he receives the agreed quantities," reads the towel. On 28 March 2017, Messi was suspended for four caps for insulting an assistant referee during a match against Chile on 23 March 2017. He was also fined 10,000 francs. [412] [413] Am 5. In May, Messi`s four-match suspension and £10,000 fine were lifted by FIFA after the Argentine Football Federation appealed his ban, meaning he could now play Argentina`s final World Cup qualifying matches. [414] Argentina`s place at the 2018 World Cup was threatened before its last qualifying match as it was sixth in its group, outside of the five possible places for the CONMEBOL World Cup, meaning it risked not qualifying for the World Cup for the first time since 1970. Messi`s luck changed in 1998 when Argentine agent Gaggioli, who has lived in Barcelona for many years, received a call from two contacts in Rosario, Fabian Soldini and Martin Montero.

Two years later, with the help of Minguella – an agent who had worked with Barca on numerous contracts in the past, including the signing of Diego Maradona – and Rexach, Gaggioli managed to bring the Messi family to Barcelona. From then on, everything became official and Messi began his journey to Catalonia, playing for the youth teams, the C and B teams before moving on to the first team. On June 18, in the quarterfinals of the Copa América against Venezuela, Messi showed another man-of-the-match performance,[395] assisted two goals and scored another in the 4-1 victory, allowing him to equal Gabriel Batistuta`s national record of 54 goals in official international matches. [396] That record was broken three days later when Messi hit a free kick in the 4-0 semifinal win over the United States; He also assisted on two goals during the match, when Argentina secured a spot in the final of the competition for the second year in a row,[397] and was again named man of the match. [398] After four seasons largely without injury, the muscle injuries Messi had already suffered have reappeared. After suffering a thigh sprain in the first quarter-final against Paris Saint-Germain on April 2, his performances became sporadic. In the second leg against PSG, with Barcelona`s below-average deficit, Messi came off the bench in the second half and helped in nine minutes to score their winning goal that allowed them to qualify for the semi-finals. Still unfit, he was ineffective in the first leg against Bayern Munich and could not play at all in the second match, as Barcelona were beaten 7-0 by the future champions. [151] These games gave credence to Messidependencia`s idea, Barcelona`s perceived tactical and psychological dependence on its star player.

[151] Gaspart: Nothing special happened to the growth treatment, to the hormones. .