Georgia Messi is obviously stronger than Norway Messi! Former scout revealed the inside story of Arsenal giving up K77 that year

2024-25 Champions League semi-finals, Arsenal vs. Paris Saint-Germain. The showdown between the two teams that reached the Champions League finals only once in history and missed the championship. The showdown between "Norwegian Messi" Odegao and "Georgian Messi" Kvaratschlia is also a major highlight. In the quarter-finals, Arsenal double-kill defending champion Real Madrid advanced to the semi-finals, and Arsenal was eliminated by Paris Saint-Germain. In the two-round showdown, Norwegian Messi lost to Georgia Messi.

Odegao became famous earlier and started much higher than Kvaratshelia.

26-year-old Odegao was born on December 17, 1998, worth 100 million euros. He made his mark in the Norwegian Super League at the age of 15. He is known as "Norwegian Messi". He was signed by Real Madrid ten years ago, but he has been loaned for a long time and cannot gain a foothold in Real Madrid's first team. He transferred to Arsenal in 2021.

Kvaratskhlia, 24, was born on February 12, 2001, worth 80 million euros, and debuted in Dynamo Tbilisi, Georgian League team. In the summer of 2022, Naples signed Kvaratskhelia for 13.3 million euros. Although he was named "Georgian Messi", his previous resume was almost unnamed.

joined Real Madrid early but did not get the chance. He did not win any important honors with the team when he switched to Arsenal, and he did not enter major competitions such as the World Cup and European Cup in Norway. Odegao has made no progress in the past decade. In his first season with Naples, he helped the team win the Serie A championship with his outstanding performance. In January this year, he joined Paris Saint-Germain for a transfer fee of 70 million euros, and has won the Ligue 1 championship and may also win the Champions League. In the 2024 European Cup, Georgia was shortlisted for the main competition for the first time in history, and defeated Portugal, led by Ronaldo, in the last round of the group stage, and advanced to the knockout round.

Kvaratskhlia in the past three years has obviously been making continuous progress and walking on the road of superstars.

And in the summer of 2022, Arsenal could have signed Kvaratskhelia before Naples. Former Arsenal team Tomash Paschecini recently revealed the inside story of Arsenal's abandonment of introducing Kvaratshelia in 2022 in an interview with the media.

At that time, Arsenal's Eastern European scout Passecini once focused on Kvaratsholia. K77 performed sluggishly in the match against Dynamo Moscow. "Everyone knows that he has great potential, but the ceiling is doubtful. Is he a top star or a quasi-first-class? No one thinks he will be mediocre, but my report must record the problem truthfully."

In the summer of 2022, Arsenal finally gave up the introduction of Kvaratsholia and chose to sign Marginhos from São Paulo.

This reminds people of the famous joke in Arsenal's history: "temperature difference sign". Wenger once revealed that they could have signed Ronaldo before Manchester United... Ronaldo later admitted in an interview.

But I have missed this kind of thing, so what else are you talking about? Just like some fans like to make assumptions with Liu Yan, Yang Mi, and Dilraba.