Tottenham manager's team face Barcelona and their star forward at Wembley on Wednesday but their paths almost crossed at Espanyol The way that Mauricio Pochettino tells it, Lionel Messi was about to become his teammate and then, who knows how the future might have turned out? It was the summer of 2005, Pochettino was a senior player at Espanyol - he would become the club's manager in 2009 - and Messi had problems at Barcelona. "I remember that summer, he was so close to moving to Espanyol," Poch...
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The Guardian - 1 Oct 2018 23:30
Tottenham manager's team face Barcelona and their star forward at Wembley on Wednesday but their paths almost crossed at Espanyol The way that Mauricio Pochettino tells it, Lionel Messi was about to become his teammate and then, who knows how the future might have turned out? It was the summer of 2005, Pochettino was a senior player at Espanyol - he would become the club's manager in 2009 - and Messi had problems at Barcelona. "I remember that summer, he was so close to moving to Espanyol," Poch...
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