Instead, Barcelona, who had been made awareof his talents, offered to pay the medical bills of a boy who stood just 4ft 6in as long as he was prepared to move to Spain, a decision which Messi confirmed when signing his first contract with the club on the back of a paper napkin.
The 14-year-old kept his distance due to the previous arguments but later that night he and another boy were going to a friend's house in Clydebank when they became awareofthe accused.