Paolo Maldini tried to bring Lionel Messi to AC Milan

Former AC Milan technical director Paolo Maldini has revealed that he wanted to bring Lionel Messi to the Rossoneri team, beating the competition of city-rivals Inter.

The legendary defender was fired by Milan’s owner Gerry Cardinale at the beginning of June, after holding the director’s post for 5 years.

🔴⚫️🇦🇷 Former AC Milan director Paolo Maldini reveals: “We tried to sign Leo Messi. I wanted him, we called for it but after 10 days we understood it was just impossible”.

“He’s wonderful player, we tried but it was not possible for us”, told Poretcast. pic.twitter.com/gTJmdGYZgg

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“I was sad when I read that he (Messi) could go to Inter. For 10 days I tried to arrange his transfer to Milan, but then we realized that it was simply impossible,” MilanReports quoted Maldini. Back in 2021 Messi was considered by Inter, but his high financial requirements blocked the potential deal.

In 2021, the Argentine left Barcelona and joined PSG, where he spent two season before joining Inter Miami.