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IG Lionel Messi:

I would have liked to leave in another way although I suppose that a farewell is never pretty... I would have liked to continue here, I did everything to make it happen but in the end it didn't happen.

I'm grateful to everyone who's accompanied me all these years at the Club.

To our fans, who gave me all their affection, and to whom I tried to repay it by giving everything to this shirt.

Lionel Messi cries during a press conference at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona on August 8, 2021. - Messi fought back tears as he began a press conference at which he confirmed he is leaving Barcelona, where he has played his entire career.

“But today, I have to say goodbye to all of this. I’ve been  here since I was 13. After 21 years I am leaving with my wife and three  little Catalan-Argentine kids, and I can’t tell you everything. I  can tell you in a few years we want to come back because this is my  home. I am just really grateful to my teammates and former teammates,  everyone that has been by my side. There are so many people.”

What’s your favorite Nintendo game? Harvest Moon will always be one of my favorites!

❝The truth is my idea has been to always stay at Barcelona and see out the rest of my career here. Like I always say, one doesn’t know what can happen in the future, but if it were up to me to decide, I would stay at Barcelona for the rest of my career.❞ thank you, lionel messi 💖