5 unknown things about Lionel Messi

#1 Lionel Messi could have played for Real Madrid

They could have shared the pitch as teammates instead of rivals

Now that's a little hard and even weird for both sets of fans to imagine this, isn't it? Years after watching the two lock horns against each other, Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi could have shared the pitch as teammates if it wasn't for the move of an ex-agent of the Argentinian.

Lionel Messi migrated to Spain with the help of Horacio Gaggioli, his agent at that time.

Now, La Blaugrana were a tad bit lucky here, since Gaggioli decided to choose Barcelona over Madrid as the city to settle in. Had he chosen the Spanish capital, the entire story would have been vastly different.

"Due to life circumstances, I went to live in Barcelona, and I brought him to Barca for a trial. But I was about to live in Madrid.

"If that had happened, I would have taken him to Madrid for a trial. That's life; those are the details."

"Today, Messi could have been a Real Madrid player, of course. The family wanted to come to Spain, to the city where I was to have some support."

Gaggioli also stated that he had doubts about Messi's abilities when he first saw him. But, he was convinced after watching a 13-year-old Lionel Messi weave his magic during training sessions at the Nou Camp.