![When Ballon d'Or winning Barcelona star Allan Simonsen almost bankrupted an English club after rejecting Real Madrid and Tottenham - maybe it's just as well Lionel Messi is signing a new contract! When Ballon d'Or winning Barcelona star Allan Simonsen almost bankrupted an English club after rejecting Real Madrid and Tottenham - maybe it's just as well Lionel Messi is signing a new contract!](https://talksport.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/08/TALKSPORT-SIMONSEN-MESSI.jpg?strip=all&quality=100&w=1500&h=1000&crop=1)
When Ballon d'Or winning Barcelona star Allan Simonsen almost bankrupted an English club after rejecting Real Madrid and Tottenham - maybe it's just as well Lionel Messi is signing a new contract!
![When Ballon d'Or winning Barcelona star Allan Simonsen almost bankrupted an English club after rejecting Real Madrid and Tottenham - maybe it's just as well Lionel Messi is signing a new contract! When Ballon d'Or winning Barcelona star Allan Simonsen almost bankrupted an English club after rejecting Real Madrid and Tottenham - maybe it's just as well Lionel Messi is signing a new contract!](https://talksport.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/08/NINTCHDBPICT000604228583.jpg)
When Ballon d'Or winning Barcelona star Allan Simonsen almost bankrupted an English club after rejecting Real Madrid and Tottenham - maybe it's just as well Lionel Messi is signing a new contract!
![A Football Archive* on X: "Bundesliga's shortest and tallest: Borussia Mönchengladbach's Allan Simonsen (165cm) and Hertha Berlin's Uwe Kliemann (196cm), April 1975. (Photo: imago/Sven Simon) https://t.co/Pg6PZf2JgH" / X A Football Archive* on X: "Bundesliga's shortest and tallest: Borussia Mönchengladbach's Allan Simonsen (165cm) and Hertha Berlin's Uwe Kliemann (196cm), April 1975. (Photo: imago/Sven Simon) https://t.co/Pg6PZf2JgH" / X](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FrLpO86XoAIcWTM.jpg)
A Football Archive* on X: "Bundesliga's shortest and tallest: Borussia Mönchengladbach's Allan Simonsen (165cm) and Hertha Berlin's Uwe Kliemann (196cm), April 1975. (Photo: imago/Sven Simon) https://t.co/Pg6PZf2JgH" / X
![Allan Simonsen sparkede ild i lunten på dynamit-drengene. Får Eriksens mål samme betydning? | Herrelandsholdet | DR Allan Simonsen sparkede ild i lunten på dynamit-drengene. Får Eriksens mål samme betydning? | Herrelandsholdet | DR](https://asset.dr.dk/imagescaler/?protocol=https&server=www.dr.dk&file=%2Fimages%2Fcrop%2F2020%2F10%2F15%2F1602719242_scanpix-20201014-212733-1.jpg&scaleAfter=crop&quality=70&w=720&h=405)