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it's quite remarkable isn't it we do sometimes get these outlandish stories and invariably they turn out to be not true don't they and this one when we first heard Lionel Messi might be behind the the purchase of El Dente, we were like, yeah, sure, of course he is.

Also bearing in mind, of course, that he's recently invested in a club much nearer to where he spent most of his career in Barcelona, Cornella.

So you think, well, why is he trying to sign of another team? Why is he going to own another team? And then when you think of it a little bit more logically, it does make quite a lot of sense because he's buying.

Tell me how, Liam, because I don't know how, for me, I don't see how it does make sense.

How about that? The club did not disclose the price or the closing date and the deal needs sign off from Spain's High Council for Sports.

Per the AP, this is the second Spanish club Messi has invested in this year after a fifth division side near Barcelona, UE Cornella.

Now.

Here's why I'm leading the show with the Second Division Club most of you have never heard of.

It would be Messi's second Spanish club purchase in under a year.

This after he bought all of fifth division Cornella back in April.

El Dense was founded back in 1921 and got promoted to Spain's second tier in 2023, its highest level since 1964.

Now, the deal still needs approval from Spain's National Sports Council before it's final.

Lionel Messi has taken another major step into the world of sports ownership, reaching an agreement to acquire 100% of the shares of Spanish second division club CD Elche.

The Argentine icon, currently starring in Major League Soccer with Inter Miami, is expanding his growing executive empire in Spain, adding the club to a portfolio that already includes lower-tier Catalan side UE Cornella.

The takeover sees Messi purchase the entirety of the club's stock from its previous majority stakeholder.

The Colombian investment firm TH Saul Lukiens Group SAS legal representatives for the world-