Leo Messi y Sergio Busquets have led a legendary career in the FC Barcelonabut as explained by a former scout of the Real Madrid In Catalonia both were able to end up at the white club when they were in their training period. manolo romerowho signed as a Catalan football scout for Real Madrid in the stage of Vicente del Bosquestated in BE Catalonia having witnessed the moment when the best footballer of all time and his entourage maintained contact with the white club.
“A representative offered Messi to Real Madrid. Leo was sitting in my car. Horacio Gaggioli, who was driving a youthful Messi at the time, we were watching a game at the Premià field. Gaggioli told us that Leo’s father ‘is very upset because he believes that they are not going to give him the opportunity… Would you take us to Madrid?’, Do not tell me twice, that right now I call the bosses, “he recalled. “And I called the bosses. That’s why Leo was in my car, when they were talking in my car with the ‘bosses’ of Madrid. Horacio said ‘hey, what about Figo?’ That was an electoral issue, but you know that Madrid and Barça bark at each other but don’t bite each other”, recalled the former Merengue scout.
Another of the culés myths that had contact with Madrid before reaching the elite was Sergio Busquets. According to the same witness, the current Barça captain played for Jabac, a club that had an agreement with the Barça entity, but they did not feel that he was going to have enough projection for the Barça club. “At that time there was a fax for him to sign for Madrid, but when Barça found out, they reacted,” Romero told SER Catalunya.
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