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The historic coach of the Gunners, acknowledged that when he saw Lionel debut in Barcelona was impressed Y thought about taking him to Arsenal, but instead they hired Cesc Fábregas.
"In life you have to live with regrets, with failed businesses and one of them was Messi. When in 2003 we signed Cesc Fábregas, we had conversations with Leo Messi"he commented in an interview with beIN Sports.
"Piqué and Fabregas came to England, but Messi stayed in Spain. It's true that we were interested in him, but now he is an untouchable player".
Arsene Wenger was sorry he could not take Messi to Arsenal, something that would have undoubtedly changed the history of the Argentine player and Arsenal.
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