Moratti reveals €500M Messi offer was rejected unread

Former Inter Milan president Massimo Moratti said he offered Lionel Messi €500 million in 2012, an offer the Argentine star rejected without ever reading.

• Moratti said he made the €500 million offer to Messi in 2012, calling the figure "crazy" for that era.
• Moratti said Inter's vice president traveled to Barcelona to negotiate, but Messi never opened the letter and rejected the offer without knowing its details.
• After several attempts, Moratti said he reached Messi personally, who told him: "I appreciate your interest in me, but I want to retire at Barcelona."
• Messi remained at Barcelona until 2021, when he joined Paris Saint-Germain on a free transfer amid the club's financial crisis, later moving to Inter Miami.