HE IS THE MAN WHO INTRODUCED LIONEL MESSI TO THE FOOTBALL WORLD.

The world of football lovers should always be grateful to Carle's Charly Rexach for introducing the football magician Lionel Messi to us. This is the story of the little boy Lionel Messi and a scout for a famous club Barcelona. Carle's Charly Rexach was a footballer who played 16, sixteen years for Barcelona, later on he had various posts at Barcelona, he was the right hand of Johan Cruyff and the golden boys of Barcelona, he was a caretaker manager on several occasions and lastly he was a scout for Barcelona, he is now 71 , seventy one years old. In the year 2000 Carless Charly Rexach was in Argentina, and he had come to scout for a youngster a lad of 13 years of age, he was Lionel Messi, Lionel Messi was then playing for the Argentinean club Newall Boys. But Carless Charlie Rexach got a big surprise the thirteen year old boy was small in size and looked like a seven year old boy, he was the smallest in height from the entire team, but no mistake Lionel Messi was playing for the club from the age of seven to thirteen years. and he was winning trophies even then in Argentina. The scout liked the boys football even at that age he was not a normal footballer, he clearly had class of a footballer from another galaxy. It was decided to arrange a fortnight trip to Barcelona, so the club doctors and club board could have a look at this little genius. So accompanied by his father Jorge Messi , now Carle's Charly Rexach had made up his mind to sign him up for Barcelona, but the paper work took far to much time and Jorge Messi thought Carle's Charly Rexach was fooling him, a angry Jorge Messi wanted to leave for Argentina. But the scout took Jorge Messi for lunch to THE HOTEL POMPEIA, the scout calmed the father and asked the waiter to get a paper, Carle's Charly Rexach , was given a napkin, and the first contract of Lionel Messi was signed on that napkin, and Lionel Messi became a Barcelona player that day. It was not all smooth sailing a job had to be found for Jorge Messi, as he had relocated from Argentina to Spain. The cause of Lionel Messi being small in size was due to his hormone deficiency, so every day he had a big injection on his leg, now he is well. He made his debut for Barcelona in the year 2004, and it was Franck Raijkard who gave him his break. Lionel Messi at the age of 30, thirty years has won thirty major trophies at Barcelona. The Barcelona club arranged a under 14 B Team to play with the under 14 A team, and Lionel Messi was in the under 14B team, the staff were satisfied at the scouts choice and Lionel Messi soon became a Barcelona player.