To have found out that Real Madrid have tried to sign Barcelona's Lionel Messi shouldn't really come as too much of a surprise.
Los Blancos president Florentino Perez is nothing if not persistent, and many other "Galacticos" have fallen for his charms and a great deal of cash in the past.
In Luis Figo we have the most famous example of a player crossing the divide with Ronaldo "O Fenomeno" and Luis Enrique two others to have made the switch between clubs.
