The napkin upon which Lionel Messi’s first Barcelona agreement was informally written has gone on sale at auction. Bonhams — a privately owned, London-based international auction house — are running ...

LONDON — The famous napkin that linked a young Lionel Messi to Barcelona sold for 762,400 pounds ($965,000) on Friday, British auction house Bonhams said. An agreement in principle to sign the-then 13 ...

The paper napkin containing the agreement which saw Lionel Messi join FC Barcelona has sold for $966,400 (£762,400), auction house Bonhams said on Friday. The napkin, which was signed to acquire the ...

May 17 (Reuters) - The napkin on which Barcelona promised to sign Lionel Messi when he was a 13-year-old has been sold for 762,400 pounds ($969,000, auction house Bonhams said on Friday. The napkin ...

A paper napkin that played a key role in Lionel Messi joining FC Barcelona sold at auction Friday for nearly $1 million. The napkin served as a sort of unofficial agreement to sign a 13-year-old Messi ...

Jan 31 (Reuters) - (This Jan. 31 story has been corrected to remove an incorrect reference to Messi signing the napkin in headline and paragraph 1. The story also removes reference to Messi's father ...

There is a restriction on planes flying over Lionel Messi’s house. According to Javier Sanchez-Prieto, the president of Spanish airline Vueling, the expansion of Barcelona's airport is not possible ...