- Saviola met Leo in one of his first training session with Barcelona.
- Former coach Charly Rexach told him to pay attention to the Argentine kid and Javier was left stunned.
“It was in one of my first training sessions at the club, and Charly Rexach told me there was an Argentine kid who I needed to see,” former Barcelona striker Javier Saviola told Diario Sport, recalling his first meeting with Leo Messi.
“That was Messi – I was completely in awe of him when I saw him play.”
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Saviola joined Barca ahead of the 2001-2002 campaign which saw Charly Rexach appointed as a permanent head coach. So, Messi just turned 14 back then.
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Leo made his first-team debut in October 2004, scoring his debut goal in May 2005. The rest is history.
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