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Lionel Messi: Napkin which detailed Argentine's first Barcelona contract to be auctioned
The napkin on which 13-year-old Lionel Messi's first Barcelona contract 1.______(sign) is to be auctioned (拍卖) with a starting price of £300,000.
The napkin, signed in December 2000, carries a 2._____(commit) from then Barca director Carles Rexach to sign Messi. It was also signed by Josep Minguella, a transfer advisor to the Spanish club, and agent, 3._____ recommended the Argentine. Messi 4._____ (join) Barca a month later and went on to be their record goalscorer. He made his debut (首秀) aged 16 and scored 672 goals in 778 games 5.______ the Catalan club.
Now 36, Messi won 10 La Liga and four Champions League 6.______(title) at Barcelona before leaving for Paris St-Germain in 2021. The napkin was signed at a meeting 7._____(arrange) by Rexach, who invited Messi's father Jorge to lunch after concerns from the Messi family about 8._____ lack of response from Barcelona following the 9.______(teenager) initial trial (初试).
Written in blue ink, the agreement on the napkin reads: "In Barcelona, on 14 December 2000 and the 10.____(present) of Messrs Minguella and Horacio, Carles Rexach, FC Barcelona's sporting director, hereby agrees, under his responsibility and regardless of any dissenting opinions(异议), to sign the player Lionel Messi, provided that we keep to the amounts agreed upon." The napkin will go under the hammer via British auction house Bonhams in March.
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1.was signed2.commitment3.who4.joined5.for6.titles7.arranged8.a9.teenager’s10.presence
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Adidas plans to sell remaining stocks of Yeezy sneakers (椰子鞋) from its defunct (不在使用的) partnership with Kanye West, for at least the price it cost to make 1._____(they).
The firm cut ties with the rapper and fashion designer, 2._____ is also known as Ye, in 2022 after he made a series of anti-Semitic (反犹太人的) comments on social media. 3.____ demand for Yeezy sneakers has not faded, as they remain 4._____(huge) pop