The history of how River Plate left to escape to Messi of boy

The FC Barcelona received to Leo Messi with the famous 'agreement of the napkin', when it only was a boy, so that it dazzled in the inferior categories of the Barcelona club before giving the big jump to the first Barcelona team. In spite of everything, the true is that some years before Leo Messi could recalar in the rows of River Plate, club that finally finish by descartarle.

Eduardo Abrahamian, ex technician of the inferior categories of River Plate, has conceded some statements to 'Goal America' in which it has explained how the group 'millionaire' left to escape to the one who nowadays is one of the best players of the world, but the best.

When it worked in the basic football of River Plate, Abrahamian was the attendant to have to proof to Messi during a week in August of 2000. It saw to mark to 'The Flea' 16 goals in a same training, and then had it clear. "It hit me in this first practice. It was very small, but do not concern us by the size, if no that look his technical skills, and had a pile. It was impressive: in the practice put near of 12 goals. It was incredible. It was by three or four days in Buenos Aires", remembers.

"Mouth Juniors took a decision and gave his fruits. River would have to have done the same with Messi"

Leo Messi had then 13 recently fulfilled years, and Abrahamian did not doubt in telephoning to the General Director of River Plate to try ficharle. "I called to the General Director of the club and said him that it came to see it because this was something surprising, the technical quality that had, his speed, the form in that it left on the way to the other players".

Abrahamian Had clear that wished to have Lionel Messi in the Argentinian club, but then began the problems. "They had to treat to speak with his father to achieve that it came to River. I wanted it to him in the club. But they needed to find accommodation for his father so that it could bring to his family with him".

"I wanted it to him here. It does not see to a player as I Read every day. It marked a difference, was exceptional. It played with joy, with freshness. But there were things for resolving", rememora the ex footballer and ex technician of the inferior categories of River Plate. "It was convinced that it would play in First and I was working in the club because they gave me the charge for that: it can not lose to a player like Messi. I said them that it was a player with big qualities, said me that we already had to some of them. And that Read wanted to go to his house".

The Barça took advantage of of the error of River Plate

Abrahamian, in this sense, criticises the little vision of future that had River Plate in that period, in which it could have had the one who would turn into the best player of the world, Leo Messi. "The club (River Plate) did not understand that the investment was not at all. When Mouth invested in Diego Maradona, he was a player that already had played in First for Argentinians Juniors. But Mouth took a decision and gave his fruits. River would have to have done the same with Messi".

It did not go like this, and on 17 September 2000 , Leo Messi would travel until the Catalan capital to happen a similar proof with the FC Barcelona. Carles Rexach and Josep Maria Minguella no thought it to him twice, and closed the contracting of the '10' after writing his signing in a napkin of paper. What happened afterwards already is of leftovers known by any fan to the football. And the future still is for writing .