Affiliated to FC Barcelona where they worked together between 2008 and 2012, the time to win two Champions Leagues in 2009 and 2011 with the Catalan club, Lionel Messi and Pep Guardiola could have changed elsewhere. Indeed, the president of Getafe Ăngel Torres SĂĄnchez (73 years old) who has been in office since 2002 said this in the program El Partidazo de la Cope. It happened just before the latter took over from Frank Rijkaard.
“”Barcelona would have brought Laudrup (who was the coach of Getafe Edlr), and I would have brought Guardiola. I spoke with his brother and we reached a preliminary agreement. But it has overturned. He would have certainly succeeded in Getafe too, because he is a monster“, He said. He then mentioned the Lionel Messi case: “We asked Messi on loan. We had a preliminary agreement with Barça, but Rijkaard, who was the coach at the time said that he did not know who was injured and that Messi could not come because he was just starting to have playing time. We came back without Messi.»»
