In an interview given to El Partidazo de COPE, the president of Getafe, Ángel Torres, dropped a real bomb. During the show, the manager of the Spanish club admitted that he was about to sign… Pep Guardiola and Leo Messi in 2008! “We were in Europe, we went to the draw and Txiki was there. He told me that they were thinking of Laudrup to coach Barça and I replied that I would speak to Guardiola. We met one morning in the VIP lounge at the airport, but everything was rushed, Rijkaard was fired and Guardiola was chosen instead of Laudrup. He was ready to come to Getafe.first conceded Ángel Torres before revealing another piece of important information…
“I also asked Laporta to send me Messi. I was with Laporta and Zubizarreta and they told me that Rijkaard was going to give him minutes, but we were close to it. He lacked nothing. Alfredo Duro was with me as sports director. It was August 18.. And to add: “I have at least 10 Messi t-shirts. He sent me one every year because he knew he was my idol. He had a very good relationship with me. When I went to the Camp Nou, he gave it to me in the hand.”. Despite these revelations, Pep Guardiola and Lionel Messi made the Culers’ heyday…
