The famous napkin which sealed Lionel Messi 's move to Barcelona when he was a teenager has gone under the hammer at auction for hundreds of thousands of pounds.
The story of how Messi joined Barcelona is well known, with it being sealed on a napkin in December 2000.The napkin reads: "In Barcelona, on 14 December 2000 and the presence of Messrs Minguella and Horacio, Carles Rexach, FC Barcelona's sporting director, hereby agrees, under his responsibility and regardless of any dissenting opinions, to sign the player Lionel Messi, provided that we keep to the amounts agreed upon.
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