Former Juventus coach Fabio Capello revealed that he tried to bring Barcelona forward Lionel Messi to Italy in the past.
As the specialist said, the intention was not to buy the Argentine, but to borrow him.
"I met L. Messi for the first time at the Gamper Trophy tournament when he was 16 years old.
When Lionel ran onto the field, fans simply gasped and I decided to ask the opposing coach F. Rijkaard if they could lend us L. Messi.
At that time, Barcelona had problems because they had three non-EU players on the team who needed to find a place. Nevertheless, F. Rijkaard assured that they would still try to find time for Lionel," explained F. Capello.
