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Lionel Messi’s signed napkin which started Barcelona career sold for £762,400 | Football News

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The napkin which a 13-year-old Lionel Messi had signed as an agreement in principle with Barcelona was sold for an eyewatering sum of £762,400. Auction house Bonhams said the auction was on behalf of Horacio Gaggioli, an agent from Messi’s home country of Argentina who was part of the deal. The starting price was 300,000 pounds (USD 379,000). As the story goes, the-then Barcelona’s director of football, Carles Rexach didn’t have the paperwork ready in December 2000. In a haste to get the signature of Messi, Rexach used a napkin to get the deal done. On it was written, “In Barcelona, on 14 December 2000 and in the presence of Messrs Minguella and Horacio, Carles Rexach, FC Barcelona’s sporting director, hereby agrees, under his responsibility and regardless of any dissenting opinions, to sign the player Lionel Messi, provided that we keep to the amounts agreed upon.” The napkin had since been secured in a vault in Andorra and has been part of the club’s rich memorabilia as Messi went on to become the most successful …

Lionel Messi’s Promised Barca Contract, On a Napkin, Up For Auction

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To the untrained eye, it might look like just another used napkin. But the serviette, expected to fetch up to $635,000, was actually soccer legend Lionel Messi‘s springboard to greatness at FC Barcelona, and records the promise of a contract made to him at the tender age of 13. The napkin has gone on show in New York to drum up interest, ahead of the start of bidding on March 18, against a backdrop of soaring interest in soccer memorabilia. Though officially estimated to go for between $380,000 and $635,000, Ian Ehling, the head of fine books and manuscripts at Bonhams New York, said “I do expect it to sell for much more.” Last December, a set of six shirts worn by the number 10 during Argentina’s victorious Qatar World Cup campaign in 2022 sold for $7.8 million at auction at Sotheby’s, exceeding estimates. The story of the napkin has already been told many times in profiles of “Leo” Messi, one of the greatest players in soccer history, who now plays for Inter Miami. Born …

Lionel Messi signed napkin which started his career at FC Barcelona to be auctioned in March starting £300,000 | Football News

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FC Barcelona’s director of football, Carles Rexach didn’t have the paperwork ready in December 2000. In a haste to get the signature of a certain Argentine teenage footballer, Rexach used a napkin to get the deal done. On it was written, “In Barcelona, on 14 December 2000 and in the presence of Messrs Minguella and Horacio, Carles Rexach, FC Barcelona’s sporting director, hereby agrees, under his responsibility and regardless of any dissenting opinions, to sign the player Lionel Messi, provided that we keep to the amounts agreed upon.” The napkin has since been secured in a vault in Andorra and has been part of the club’s rich memorabilia as Messi went on to become the most successful and celebrated player in the club’s history. Come March though, the fabled piece of paper shall be for auction starting at a whooping price of £300,000 ($382,150). The talks for incorporating the napkin at Barcelona’s museum at Spotify Camp Nou broke down and henceforth it was decided that it shall be made available for bidding. “This is one …

Malaika Arora’s son Arhaan trolls her: ‘Why are you wearing a table napkin?’ | Web Series

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Malaika Arora is often trolled online, and quite a few times, it is for her dressing sense. However, it was all fun and laughter when her son, Arhaan decided to troll her for her dress on her show. Arhaan appeared on a recent episode of Malaika’s debut digital show Moving In With Malaika. He said she looked like a jail inmate, and even labeled her dress as a table napkin. (Also read: Amrita Arora gets upset with Malaika Arora over her jokes about her at standup) For the episode, Malaika was wearing a white and black top that matched with the table napkins on her dining table. Even the patterns matched – the dress and the napkins were all white and black horizontal strips. A glimpse of Malaika Arora’s dress and her table napkins. Malaika told Arhaan to take a look at his room which she had specially prepped up with flowers and decoration. Soon, they joined her mom at the dining table for lunch. Malaika then told her mom, “Looking at this (pointing at …