Lionel Messi tried to join Arsenal last season !!

Lionel Messi would have considered signing for Arsenal before renewing his contract with Barcelona.

According to a Spanish newspaper, Vozpopuli, Lionel Messi would have considered signing with Arsenal in the month of May. The player would have asked his friend Cesc Fabregas about the team before finally deciding to remain in Spain.

At the end of last season, Messi would have been able to leave FC Barcelona and join Arsenal. It is in any case what affirms Vozpopuli, a Spanish newspaper, who predicted Alexis Sanchez's signing with the Gunners. A transfer which, no doubt, would have shocked the world of football. Leo has never hidden his admiration for Arsene Wenger and would have even been able to join the training center of london before finally signing with La Masia as a kid.

The last season has been very complicated for FC Barcelona. In addition to the problems extra-sportsmen (Neymar case, resignation of the President Sandro Rosell and death of Tito Vilanova), the club ended his season trophyless for the first time in a long time. Thestreet, Lionel Messi took too much time before accepting the extension of his contract , and for a reason, according to the Spanish Vozpopuli, the Argentinian player would have entered on a possible transfer to Arsenal.

He would have requested Fabregas, his former teammate (who was always his partner at the time), who knows well the London club, several informations. La Pulga would have asked his agent to initiate discussions with the Gunners. Faced with this situation, the catalan club has offered to Messi a contract that he couldn't refuse, which made him the highest paid player in the world , Messi had thus finally decided to extend his contract with Barcelona.

In the world of football, for a player to be transferred, he must get the approval of at least three parties , that of the player, his club, and the team in which he wishes to play , and in this situation, Messi probably could not join Arsenal, because Arsene Wenger would have opposed his arrival. It is in any case what explains Vozpopuli. The legal tender clause of the player is estimated at more than 250 million euros, and his salary peaked at approximately 400,000 euros per week.

The technician director of the Gunners, in order to ensure the sustainability of his club, would have refused to pay such sums. This information is ,however, to take with tweezers, but if it proved true, it could mean one thing: Lionel Messi would have ended his career at FC Barcelona.