Lionel Messi He surprised everyone and everyone on Monday morning by posting an Instagram post in it Opening the door to a possible return to Barcelona. He did this with a letter accompanying a series of photographs in which he was seen during a visit to Camp Nouthe stadium where he starred for two decades and which is currently undergoing renovations.
“Last night I returned to the place I miss in my soul. The place where I was so happy, where you made me feel a thousand times that I was the happiest person in the world.”. I hope I can come back one day, and not just say goodbye as a player, as I was never able to do.… 💙❤️,” Leo wrote on the social network where he has more than 507 million followers. An hour later, the message had nearly 1.4 million likes and thousands of comments. bomb.
Messi, who just scored two goals and provided an assist on Saturday Inter Miami At 4-0 Nashville SC Which clinched qualification to the semi-finals of the conference in the playoffs MultilateralHe traveled to Spain in the last few hours to join the training sessions of the Argentine national team, which will be based in Alicante for Friday’s friendly match against Angola and, after the fall of the match against India, a small focus under the leadership of Lionel Scaloni Take advantage of the FIFA deadline of 2025 and think about 2026 which will see the XL World Cup in the USA, Mexico and Canada highlighted on the calendar.
The Qatar 2022 world champion captain has just signed a contract renewal with the Florida club until 2028. This new link ties him until the age of 41 with the team. soccer. However, there is a history of footballers being loaned out to clubs in Europe during the winter, with the help of the MLS fixtures being played from February to November. This is it, no less David Beckhamone of Messi’s coaches at Inter Miami, who had experience at AC Milan and at Paris Saint-Germain while his passes were owned by Los Angeles Galaxy.
Is it easy for Messi and Barcelona to meet again? There, beyond the contractual issues and obvious player desire that was evident in Monday’s Instagram post, is a character Joan Laportapresident of the Catalan club, with whom the relationship did not go well after his painful departure in 2021. Leo, who publicly supported the leader for his re-election as club president, was disappointed with Laporta, because he interpreted that he had not done everything he should have done to ensure his stay in the organization after he promised him that everything would be resolved.
It was the image that went around the world: Messi, crying, in front of a hall full of journalists, teammates and Barcelona officials. It was August 2021, and for the first time in more than two decades, the best player in the club’s history said goodbye without prior planning. The story that began when a 13-year-old boy arrived from Rosario hoping to succeed in Europe, suddenly ended due to a problem that had nothing to do with football.
Barcelona, which is suffering from a serious economic crisis and is restricted by the rules of financial fair play in the Spanish League, was unable to renew the contract of its most prominent figures. Not even Messi’s desire was enough to avoid the inevitable. “I did everything I could to survive.”He said in a broken voice, pointing without mentioning Joan Laporta, the president of the Catalan club, who made him understand that continuity might be possible. The farewell was a harsh blow to Barcelona fans and also to the Argentines who had seen him shine for years in the Blaugrana shirt. The golden era was coming to an end: 34 titles, more than 700 goals and an indelible mark.
Shortly after, Messi found a new destination in Paris Saint-Germain, where he reunited with Brazilian Neymar, one of his senior partners in Barcelona, and shared the dressing room with Kylian Mbappe. In the French capital, he witnessed moments of adaptation, criticism and flashes, but also new conquests. While the world was discussing his performance, Leo saved the biggest chapter of his national team career: on December 18, 2022, at the now legendary Lusail Stadium, he lifted the World Cup in Qatar, fulfilling the dream that made him a legend.
Already in 2023, with his contract in France expiring, Messi has chosen a different path. He rejected multi-million dollar offers from Europe and Saudi Arabia to sign with Inter Miami in the American Football League. His arrival revolutionized American football and attracted fans to stadiums. With his sole presence – accompanied by Luis Suarez, Sergio Busquets and Jordi Alba -, the pink club won its first title – the League Cup – and the Argentine smiled again on the field.
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