THE CLOSEST LIONEL MESSI HAS COME TO LEAVE BARCELONA.

The former President of Barcelona Juan Laporta , who was President of Barcelona from the year 2003/2010. He has come out to say that Barcelona was very close to sell Lionel Messi in the year 2006, and Lionel Messi was a 18, eighteen year old boy then. The club that wanted to buy Lionel Messi was Inter Milan in Italy. They were willing to pay 150 million Euros then. But Barcelona quickly increased the buy out clause to 250, two hundred and fifty million Euros. But what did really happen from the ear 20006 to 2017? And Lionel Messi was the man involved in this records as well. In those years Barcelona won six l La Ligas, five Copa Del Rey Cups, five Spanish super cups, three Champion League Cups, and three European cups. Lionel Messi has won five footballer of the year, And has been top scorer in Europe on four occasions . So hat really would the history records show if Lionel Messi was sold in the year 2006? Juan Laporta had told Lionel Messi's father Jorge that Barcelona was the club for all round benefit for Lionel Messi not money alone.