Lionel Messi and Francesco Totty, Getty Images February 18 2025, 21:52

Former President of Milan Inter Massimo Morrati, who held this position from 2006 and to 2016 remained a shareholder of the club, confessing that Neradzurry had the opportunity to sign the star attackers of Lionel Messi and Francesco Totty.

“We watched Messi at the U-18 World Cup and were very close to signing it. But when I found out how much Barcelona made him because of his health problems, I decided to retreat-I say it honestly.

In addition, the then Roma owners had huge debts. The president was in such despair that he even offered me Totti, doing so with tears in his eyes. Totti may still have decided to stay in Rome, but in Inter we decided not to interfere. It’s not just football – it’s about emotions, about feelings, “Morrati said for Corriere Della Sera.

We will remind, earlier the winner of the gold ball in 2005 Ronaldinho answered the question of whether he considers Lionel Messi to be the best player in history.