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A contract with Manchester United seemed imminent for Lionel Messi at one point, but his father caused it to fall through: Get the full story here

Football — 07/25/2024

Since Lionel Messi’s early days at Manchester United, Sir Alex Ferguson has had a constant pang of sorrow over the opportunities that may have been.

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Lionel Messi, the 35-year-old Argentine captain and 2022 World Cup winner, may never play on the Premier League stage again as his legendary career winds down. After Argentina won the World Cup, Lionel Messi is thinking about signing a final deal to play for a European team. He is reportedly in the process of verbally agreeing to a new agreement with Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) ahead of their upcoming summer break.

 

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Although Barcelona has also shown a strong desire to re-sign Messi, he appears certain to finish his European playing career at PSG. Messi may next look at options with clubs in the Major League Soccer, the Middle East, or perhaps Argentina to finish his playing career.

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Despite the fact that the Premier League used to captivate Messi, his future appears to lie far away from England, regardless of the path he takes. There were rumblings about Messi perhaps leaving Barcelona in the summer of 2020, when his future there was up in the air.

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‘Historic clubs in England such as Manchester United’ reportedly intrigued Messi at that point, according to The Athletic. When asked about the “Theatre of Dreams,” Messi even spoke highly of it.

 

Seeing Messi in the red shirt at Old Trafford is, nevertheless, looking like a faraway dream for United right now. When Messi was younger and still developing his game, that wasn’t such a far-fetched idea.

 

Before he became the best player in the world, Messi was connected with Manchester United when he was 20 years old, when a trade appeared more feasible. Messi, nevertheless, admits that he wasn’t interested in a transfer and that he “materialized the dream” of joining Barcelona.

 

Messi told FourFourTwo, “I’m happy in Barcelona,” in response to 2007 transfer rumors involving Manchester United. Then why would I refuse? My goal was accomplished. With the top players in the world, it’s the greatest club in the world. Here, my family is content; they really enjoy it.

 

Not only did MU pass up the chance to get Messi, but they also saw him “torment” them in the 2009 and 2011 Champions League finals. For the second time in a row, Barcelona won the European club championship thanks to Messi’s “magic” as they defeated MU.

 

Former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson deeply regretted starting Park Ji-Sung against Lionel Messi in both of those Champions League finals. Rio Ferdinand, another MU icon, revealed this last year.

“According to Sir Alex Ferguson, he should have had Park Ji-Sung marking Messi,” ex-center back Rio Ferdinand revealed. Park was the only one who could have pulled it off. The game, though, has been rewatched countless times.

Park could have been able to limit Messi’s speed, and maybe it would have been enough. Would a peak Lionel Messi have been able to score despite that? I seriously doubt it. No one could have possibly done that, in my opinion. They essentially snatched our whole essence. Among them, Messi stood out.