There are 44 pieces of Messi’s collection in the World Football Museum, the oldest of which is a pair of 2004 sneakers.
Today, we all know Messi is the number one star of a sponsor, and his advertisements are everywhere. However, in the 2004 – 2005 season, when Messi made his debut in La Liga, he was wearing shoes of competing brands..
This is why these shoes are so special.
The sneakers Messi wore in 2004 – 2005 are now included in the World Football Museum
Young Messi is far less famous than he is today. As many fans know, Messi needed to inject growth hormone every day because he was found to have a disorder in growth hormone secretion. The club he worked for at that time promised to pay for treatment, but the payment was always delayed, so Messi later switched to Barcelona..
Messi was only 13 years old at the time. He came all the way from Argentina and suffered from growth hormone deficiency and was still being treated. This is undoubtedly a venture capital investment, and Barcelona echelon director rexach also made a written guarantee for it. He only wrote one sentence: ” Messi is amazing.”. ”
Messi, 15, has already won the favor of sponsors. Messi originally signed a sponsorship contract with Nike, starting from April 1, 2002, at a cost of 3005 euros per year, which expires on April 31, 2004.
After the expiration of the contract, the two sides did not renew it immediately. Messi’s father hoped that the new contract would be treated better. Nike seemed to want to reduce the price and lack sufficient sincerity and enthusiasm. After all, Messi had not yet risen to the first team, although he was hailed as Ramasia’s future star. What’s more, Nike’s top scorers were Ronaldo and Barcelona’s No. 10 – Ronaldinho..
Messi didn’t want to sign other brands at the time. Although he hasn’t renewed his contract, he still wears his original sneakers. On October 16, 2004, Barcelona played against the Spaniard in the Catalan Derby in Spain.. Rijkaard made a change in football history. Messi, 17 years old and 114 days old, made his debut in La Liga. This is the beginning of Messi’s dream and the beginning of a Barcelona legend. The shoe Messi was wearing was Nike.
The renewal of the contract was delayed again and again. Messi’s father and Nike signed a letter of intent to renew the contract before he went to the Netherlands to participate in the World Youth Championships in 2005.. Messi also attracted Adidas’ attention as he shone brilliantly in the World Youth Championship, winning the three honors of best player, best striker and world youth championship..
In October, Adidas found Messi and offered a much higher price than its competitors. Not only that, another clause of the contract shows their sincerity: some agreements about the upcoming World Cup in Germany.. Money moved Messi’s father, while World Cup – related terms moved Messi. It’s natural to sign a contract.
The contract between Didas and Messi was signed in January 2006. Messi appeared in a new sneaker in the King’s Cup against Zaragoza on February 1, 2006.. Nike discovered at this time that Messi had been robbed.
As a result, the two sponsors went to court. Interestingly, the judge ruled that Messi had to wear the original sponsor’s sneakers before the verdict could be reached.. As a result, Messi was already an Adidas man in the 2005 – 2006 Champions League match between Barcelona and Chelsea, but he still wore this sneaker from the World Football Museum..
Later, the court ruled that Nike’s letter of intent to renew Messi was invalid and Adidas’ contract with Messi was legal. As a matter of fact, Nike lost a star player without any cause. Their first card at the time was Ronaldinho, and they naturally did not pay enough attention to Messi.. Messi, who was poached, became the pillar of Adidas. Nike found Ronaldo after Big and Small despite its losses, and the battle between the two continued..
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