Lionel Messi could have played for Real Madrid claims ex-agent

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That could have been a reality if some things had happened according to Lionel Messi's  former agent who brought the then little boy from Argentina to Spain.

Horacio Gaggioli, aided Messi's move to Barcelona in 2001, but said things could have been different if he had gotten a residence in Madrid as planned, but things changed and he ended up living at Barcelona.

Due to life circumstances, I went to live in Barcelona and I brought him to Barca for a trial. But I was about to live in Madrid

Gaggioli told Globoesporte.

If that had happened, I would have taken him to Madrid for a trial. That's life, those are the details.

Today, Messi could have been a Real Madrid player, of course. The family wanted to come to Spain, to the city where I was to have some support.

Messi moved to Barca after having trials at the club. At first, Barca mauled over signing the youngster.

Barcelona however ended up giving him a contract which was famously signed on a napkin.

Since signing his first contract in 2001 and making his debut in 2004, the Argentine has rewritten football history in a lot of ways.

The slim possibility that Messi could have signed for Madrid raises the likelihood that he could have played alongside his arch rival, C. Ronaldo, and other Madrid legends like Zidane, Figo and many others.