David Beckham: “We worked for four years to sign Messi. I managed to sneak into…

🗣️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 David Beckham: “We worked for four years to sign Messi. I managed to sneak into his father’s hotel, we talked, and I proposed bringing Leo to Miami. He told me they would consider my offer. Apple, Adidas, and MLS itself were behind the signing.
When we realised Messi wasn’t happy at PSG, we saw an opportunity and pushed for it to happen. He had offers from Saudi Arabia, but what worried me the most was that he would choose to return to Barcelona; in the end, he didn’t. His father notified us that he would announce his future in 2 days, so we were on alert.
I was in Japan, it was 5:00 AM, my kids and wife were asleep, and suddenly, a flood of notifications on my phone from my partners telling me that Messi had announced he was coming to Miami. It was beautiful because it took us a lot of hard work. He’s an incredible player, very intelligent; he sees things that others don’t. He completely changed…