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Leo Messi celebrates a goal with the Barça

HISTORICAL DAY IN FC BARCELONA

Messi, of anniversary: ​​20 years ago he came to Barcelona to sign for Barça

Published:17/09/2020 - 16:26h

Updated:17/09/2020 - 17:22h

This September 17 has been 20 years since Leo Messi closed his arrival at FC Barcelona. The Argentine landed in Barcelona to pass a decisive test that could make him sign for Barça

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Leo Messi is not going through his best moment and this summer has tried to leave of the FC Barcelona. The Argentinian hartó of the project of the group barcelonista, that carries five consecutive years fracasando in Champions League, and decided that the best for his career was to go out and begin a new adventure. The problem is that the clause that freed him of his last year of agreement finalised in June and therefore it renewed automatically until the course that comes.

Leo communicated that it wanted to go in August, by what legally no longer could go free. This was the perfect solution for Josep Maria Bartomeu, that denied to leave him leave and forced to the Argentinian to remain . The '10' has remained in the City Condal against his will, as he same explained, but right now the only important is to forget of this and centre in the football and in the campaign that is for arriving.

The rosarino already showed with his doublet in front of the Girona that it can follow leading to the Barça have happened what have happened. His commitment is out of doubt and the fans seems that it goes back to be ilusionada with him and with the new Barcelona of Koeman. This moment and the two so many of Leo have arrived in the precise moment, since this 17 September, only a day after the meeting in front of the gerundenses, has been a very signalled date for the captain.

Justo a 17 September 2000, Messi landed in Barcelona beside his father, Jorge, to happen a proof that could do him fichar by the team blaugrana. It does already 20 years of this day that began to change the life of a jovencísimo Leo, that by that then so alone were 13 years old and three months. The attacker arrived to the Ciutat Esportiva and did not take almost at all in enamorar to the technicians barcelonistas, that remained prendados of him.

Messi signed in the 2000 and debuted in the Barça in 2004

Carles Rexach, technical director in this moment, went through there and did not doubt in achieving that the Argentinian signed his commitment with the Barça in the already famous napkin. Later, after resolving several bureaucratic problems, the now '10' signed at last his official agreement with the Catalan group. It began joining to the Childish B and after exhibiting in the Masia, woke up the interest of the first team, with Frank Rijkaard in command.

The Dutch did him debut with the Barça in a friendly against the Port wine in 2003, and called him to première of official way in the 2005 against the RCD Espanyol in League. The impressive talent of Messi did him settle quickly with the greater and little by little was winning importance until turning into the best player of the history of the club and of the world-wide football. It has won it all, has beaten all the records and now, although his wish has been to leave, has the opportunity to follow agrandando his legend in the Barcelona at least a year more.

Messi marked his first goal in 2005