Barcelona is indeed so noisy that the people here never seem to be able to be quiet. As soon as the waiter left, two more people quarreled, this time two gray old men.

"Carlos, you didn't watch it until this week?"

"Why did you throw the tape I sent you three months ago in the corner like garbage?"

"God,"

"I really want to smoke you!"

The old man's voice sounded angry, and he didn't know if the video was really that important, but he had been chattering anyway.

The other old guy waved his hand.

"Old man, I said it, I forgot, forgot, forgot!"

He stressed it three times in a row.

"It's not that I don't look at it!"

"Damn, you don't know how many people send videotapes into my office every day."

"I can't just spend my time on this every day, can I?"

"I'm so busy with a bunch of things on the team."

The two of them beeped in English all the time, then went outside the balcony, ordered two cups of coffee, and sat down.

Zheng Zhi pricked up his ears and became interested, feeling that the two of them were chatting about a very awesome player?

"I watched all 50 cassettes and pulled a bunch of people to watch them."

"He's too skinny,"

"That one,"

"You told me he was 12 years old? I feel like he's 7 or 8 years old. ”

"It's not a problem, doesn't Maradona also have no height? God, are you old and confused? ”

Hey, even Maradona mentioned it, who? Who the hell are these two guys. Zheng Zhi became more and more curious.

"You can see that his feet can hold the ball like the claws of an animal, he is very fast, he keeps his head down, and it seems to us that he can't know where he is going. But just like Maradona, he has a great vision, his head spins quickly and he can quickly anticipate the development of the game. ”

'When he got the ball, no one could grab the ball at his feet.

"There's absolutely no problem with his technique, but if he doesn't grow, no matter how good his technique is, it's useless, after all, we're not playing junior games."

"I watched it with a couple of scouts and a lot of people who were skeptical of him. Some people say that he is too sticky and his stature is too small; Others say he's like a foosball player toy, and they don't agree with him. ”

"So Barcelona is going to help him,"

"Trust me, he's definitely worth it."

Hearing this, Zheng Zhi completely understood.

Damn, these two old guys are talking about Messi! Who else could it be but Messi being portrayed as such?

He thought back to Messi back then.

Could it be that the two guys in front of you, one is the agent Minghella and the other is Lexach?

It was those two guys who brought Messi to Barcelona back then.

1999-2000.

Calculate the time, and now is also the time for Barcelona to discover Messi.

"You helped him grow taller, he had a check-up in Rosario at the beginning of last year, because there was too little hormone secretion, so it was difficult to grow taller, but not absolutely."

Messi, who was nine years old at the time, was only 1.27 meters (about 4 feet 2 inches) tall, nearly 10 centimeters (4 feet) shorter than the average height of boys of his age. Doctors gave Messi some tests and confirmed that the reason for his lack of height was a lack of growth hormone and not genetics. This is a crucial piece of information because if it's a genetic problem, the drug treatment won't work.

There is about one such case in every 20,000 people. It's not much, but it's not too rare.

Messi was prescribed daily hormone injections. He had to use a pen-like device to inject the drug himself from his thigh into his body, and it really took courage for a nine-year-old boy to do so.

Doctors insisted that it was a painless injection that was harder to get attention than a mosquito bite. After that, whether Messi went to school or to a friend's house, he always brought his medical equipment with him. Sometimes, the pain after the injection prevents him from training.

These treatments are expensive, costing around 1,000 euros per month. At first, Messi's father was able to rely on national health insurance to cover some of the expenses, but after Argentina's economy began to recession in 1999, they could no longer rely on health insurance. So Newell's old buddies reached out to them, promising to help him with his future treatment.

However, Jürgen Messi was frustrated and humiliated afterwards because he often had to go to the club to ask for medical bills. According to Jimley Balaguer's book Messi, Newell's old buddies technical director, Sergio Almiron, who won the World Cup with Argentina in 1986, often canceled talks at the last minute. Sometimes he paid Jurgen as little as 40 pesos, and the price of a dose was 25 times that amount.

Disappointed, Jürgen Messi brought his son to Buenos Aires and took part in a River Plate trial, but the problem remained unresolved. After that, it's the beautiful story of Messi and Barcelona.

But it is clear that this stage is not yet reached.

"Man,"

"Do you know how much it costs to help him???" Lexage is also clearly full of suspicion.

"The high cost of medical care, as the course progresses, the cost of medical care will also rise, and the cost will snowball a little bit, so that he can play in the professional league, which is conservatively estimated to be about 13 million euros."

"God, he's not Maradona!"

Minghella was stunned, he didn't expect the fee to be so high, and he didn't know how to respond to Lexage for a while.

For more than 10 million dollars, you can buy a pretty good star. On the trade-off, there will be no choice except for fools.

"But ......"

He still wanted to convince Lexach.

"Well, AC Milan, Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid are all interested. Either way, I hope you'll think about it carefully, and as soon as possible. ”

"Sir, if you don't try, how do you know he won't be another Maradona?"

"And he doesn't have to be Maradona, as long as he's great enough."

"Is it true that FC Barcelona's investment in every player has been successful?"

"More than 10 million, not much. If you look far enough, you won't be rewarded if you don't take risks. You can tell from your words that you are only worried about his body and are happy with his technique, but so is the great Maradona......"

Zheng Zhi suddenly stood in front of them and couldn't help but mouthful, although he has nothing to do with Messi, but since he heard it, he has to help say something.

Rexage looked at Zheng Zhi in front of him in a red Manchester United shirt in surprise, and it was his turn to be speechless.

"Ahh

"Ahh

"Carlos, I'm laughing to death, you don't even see a Manchester United fan, he's right."

"He's definitely worth the Barcelona adventure!"

"Carlos!"

Lexage lowered his head and was silent, he was thinking about what Zheng Zhi said, but he was asking:

"Where do I think I've seen you?"

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