In the last few hours, the renowned auction house Bonhams put up for sale the historic napkin where the first contract between Lionel Messi and FC Barcelona was signed.
The renowned auction house Bonhams In the last few hours, he put on sale the historic napkin where the first contract was signed between Lionel Messi and FC Barcelona.
The online sales process started this Wednesday, May 8 and will last for more than a week until next Friday, May 17. The starting point was marked in more than 270 thousand dollarsalthough they hope to exceed the figure of 600 thousand dollars.
The 16 by 16 centimeter piece of paper is currently owned by Horacio Gaggiolithe Argentine representative who was involved in the landing of the historic footballer to the quarry of the Barcelona when I was just 13 years old.
The text, which today could be worth more than half a million dollars, reads: “In Barcelona, on December 14, 2000 and in the presence of Messrs. Minguella and Horacio Carlos Rexach, Technical Secretary of the FCB, undertakes under his responsibility and despite some contrary opinions to sign the player Lionel Messi as long as we remain in the agreed amounts”.
The agreement on a paper napkin bore the signatures of Rexach and Minguellaleaders of the Barcelona at that time, and Gaggiolithe Argentine representative, who kept it.
Days later they took this agreement into the legal sphere and signed a document before a notary, formally beginning the era of Leo Messi in Barcelona.
Source: Ambito
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