Surprise .. Messi contacted Mourinho to play under his leadership

Press reports revealed that Lionel Messi’s attempt to leave Barcelona in the summer of 2020 was not the first to leave “Camp Nou”, as he contacted José Mourinho to play under his leadership at Chelsea.

The sports channel “Sky Italia” confirmed that Messi made a long phone call with José Mourinho to accompany him at the English club Chelsea in the summer of 2004, when the Portuguese coach began his career with the “Blues”.

The report said that the Argentine star had a great desire to play under Mourinho’s leadership, especially after the amazing job the Portuguese did with FC Porto and achieve the Champions League title, in a forceful surprise, and the exclusion from old clubs in the competition, such as Manchester United.

Messi was 16 at the time of Mourinho’s appointment as Chelsea’s manager, and later, in June 2004, he was seventeen.

And “Sky Italia” confirmed that Messi made an effort throughout the summer of 2004 to leave the “Camp Nou” stadium because his main desire was to play under Mourinho’s leadership in some way, but in the end that wish was not fulfilled, and the Argentine continued in Barcelona writing an exceptional story for himself and the Catalan club.

It should be noted that Lionel Messi (33 years old) woke up a loud surprise during the Mercato Verano 2020, after he sent a fax to the Barça administration notifying him of his wish to leave, activating a clause in his contract that allowed him to do so for free, before that he finally backed down, because the Catalan team did not agree. He confirmed that he requested to leave after the article’s expiration date.

Source: Agencies