On August 8, 2021, Lionel Messi appeared at a press conference without having the strength to hide his emotions when announcing his reluctant departure from FC Barcelona. A club and a city he has known for more than 20 years. The divorce was painful and after his time at PSG, Messi admits to wanting to live again in Catalonia.
Lionel Messi left the FC Barcelona in tears on August 8, 2021 after 21 years spent in the Catalan city. Trained to The Masia and having completed his classes in the training center of the Barça up to the first team where he delighted the Blaugrana socios for more than a decade. Due to financial problems encountered by the Barçathe president Joan the door was unable to offer him a new contract.
Messi did not easily digest his departure from FC Barcelona before signing for PSG
Result ? THE PSG immediately announced the signing of Lionel Messi as a free agent for two seasons. Emotionally touched by his surprise departure from FC Barcelona, Messi admitted to having difficulty acclimatizing to his new life in Paris Saint–Germain where he has lived through hell over the last few months if we trust the words of Neymar in 2023. Committed to‘Inter Miami with some former players of the FC Barcelona as Luis Suarez, Sergio Busquets or even Jordi AlbaMessi assured last summer that theInter Miami will be the last club of his career.
“My family and I always think about the possibility of coming back to live there”
Nevertheless, returning to live in Barcelona is a thought that occupies his mind like Lionel Messi affirmed to TV3. “My children are Catalan. I spent my whole life living there. In fact, I feel like I belong to Barcelona. My family and I always think about the possibility of returning to live there one day, because my children, my wife and I very much miss our life in Barcelona. We miss our friends and the many things we left behind.”
Moreover, the results of Barça sous Hans–Dieter Flick at the start of the season are no surprises Messi. “Barcelona's performances under Flick's leadership do not surprise me, because it is something that has happened all the time since I have been at this club. The young people react the way they do because they know the club better than anyone and they have been playing this way since they were young.”
