It became known that the former head coach of Arsenal, Arsene Wenger, admitted that at one time he was trying to invite Lionel Messi to the team.
A source: https://www.irishmirror.ie/sport/soccer/soccer-news/arsene-wenger-slams-absolutely-false-7959723
Here is what he said about this:
- We must live with regrets, with unsuccessful things, Messi, one of them. When we signed Fabregas in 2003, we had negotiations with Leo Messi. At that time, when we were at Barcelona level, we could create strong youth teams with good players.
Arsene Wenger left Arsenal in 2018 after 22 years of work in the club and at the moment the French coach is unemployed. It is interesting how Messi's career would have developed if the head coach of Arsenal managed to get the Argentine player, but this has already gone down in history.