It has already been four and a half years since
Lionel Messi left FC Barcelona. And the Argentinian international will never wear the colors of the Catalan club again.
At least as a player. Now aged 38, the eight-time Ballon d’Or is absolutely not part of Joan Laporta’s plans. Which has already repeatedly ruled out the idea of a hypothetical return.
“It’s something that’s just unreal. He has a contract with Inter Miami. The club is building a project for the present and the future. It’s complicated, and if you stay in the past, you don’t move forward.” said the president of Barça, on the sidelines of an event organized by the club.
Messi will return to Barça to say goodbye
“I hope that one day I can come back, and not just to say goodbye as a player, as I never was able to do…” wrote “La Pulga” on his Instagram account about ten days ago. Words which suggest that a farewell ceremony could be organized at Camp Nou in his honor.
In 2021, the native of Rosario had left
Barca to join Paris Saint-Germain while being free of any contract. Lionel Messi’s lease with the Catalan club was not extended in “due to economic and structural obstacles”.
