A Star Is Born: On This Day 17-Year-Old Lionel Messi Made His First Team Debut for Barcelona

​It was 14 years ago today (October 16) that Lionel Messi made his senior debut for Barcelona and the world was introduced to the player who has since redefined the standards by which greatness is measured and can genuinely lay claim to being named the best of all time. Messi had arrived in Spain from his native Argentina just under four years earlier, famously agreeing a contract scribbled on a napkin by Camp Nou director Carles Rexach. The whole Messi family had initially made the trip from... Via All the latest breaking football news, transfer rumours, analysis, and match reports - 90min http://www.90min.com/