Many football lovers fantasize about a career spent in one team like Francesco Totti at Roma. With in particular the XXL salary proposals offered around the world, there is no longer a star who, like the Italian, can carry out this plan. Lionel Messi could have been part of this caste of players. However, in the grip of financial problems, Barça could not offer a salary worthy of the name to the Pulga, who decided to leave the free club in 2021 and join PSG. A heartbreak for many Catalan fans who saw one of the best players in their history leave. When leaving, the seven-time Ballon d’Or had also confided that his first choice was necessarily to stay in Catalonia to end his career there.
Sergio Aguero can attest to that. While the Kun had joined Catalonia that same year, he had also played the Copa America with his great friend. And the least we can say is that the Manchester City legend was at the forefront of this endless wait for Messi: “During the Copa America, Messi had Barca’s jersey in the training room. Every 3 days he would say to me: “I think they have already renewed the contract, you will have to take my picture for the official announcement”. Whenever we were ready, they would tell him we weren’t ready yet.Despite this uncomfortable situation, Lionel Messi still managed to win the Copa America that summer, after losing three finals in the competition with the Albiceleste in 2007, 2015 and 2016.
