Messi reaches preliminary agreement to buy Spanish second-division club

Lionel Messi could soon become the sole owner of Eldense, a club based in Elda and competing in Spain’s second division. The Argentine forward has reportedly reached a preliminary agreement to acquire 100% of its shares.

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This very evening they confirmed to us that there is already a preliminary agreement. But at this time we must show the prudence these situations require and wait to see whether the operation ultimately goes through.

Elda Mayor Rubén Alfaro confirmed the negotiations, while stressing that the process was not yet complete. “This very evening they confirmed to us that there is already a preliminary agreement. But at this time we must show the prudence these situations require and wait to see whether the operation ultimately goes through,” he said.

Alfaro also credited the continued support given to Eldense across economic, sporting and institutional areas, including the provision and improvement of municipal facilities. He described that backing as essential to building a solid structure and making the club attractive to major international investors such as Messi.

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The continued backing for Eldense, organized through economic, sporting and institutional support, as well as the provision and improvement of municipal facilities, has been an essential pillar in giving the club a solid structure and making it an attractive project for top-level international investors such as Messi.

The purchase could be finalized in the coming days after the legal and contractual procedures end. Earlier speculation suggested that former Barcelona teammates Carles Puyol and Andrés Iniesta might join the process, but if the agreement closes, Messi would hold all of the club’s shares. Eldense president Carolina Holguín Tafur reportedly told Alfaro that she had received “an offer she could not refuse.”

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An offer she could not refuse.