Argentina icon and present Inter Miami striker Lionel Messi has as soon as once more opened up about his emotional bond with FC Barcelona, the membership the place he constructed his legendary profession. In a heartfelt interview with Sport, Messi mirrored on his sudden 2021 departure, calling it some of the troublesome moments of his life, whereas expressing his robust want to return and reside once more within the metropolis he and his household nonetheless maintain expensive.
Messi, now enjoying for Inter Miami, revealed that he nonetheless feels a robust emotional bond with the Catalan capital, one he by no means actually left behind in spirit.
“I actually wish to return to Bara stadium when it is completed as a result of since I left for Paris I did not return to Camp Nou both,” Messi stated. “We miss Barcelona so much. My spouse and kids discuss it continuously. We have now our home there, every little thing, in order that’s the place we wish to be once more.”
His phrases come simply days after his quiet, non-public go to to the under-renovation Camp Nou on November 10his first since leaving Barcelona three years in the past. The second carried immense sentiment for each Messi and followers who nonetheless see him because the heartbeat of the membership.
The 38-year-old recalled how he and his former Barcelona teammates Luis Suárez, Sergio Busquets, and Jordi Alba, now reunited with him at Inter Miami, nonetheless maintain an in depth eye on their previous membership. “All of us discuss what’s taking place at Bara, the outcomes, and the way the group performs,” Messi shared, including that the connection runs far deeper than skilled ties.
Reflecting on his two-decade spell with the Catalan giants, Messi stated he now appears to be like again on these days with extra appreciation.
“I actually miss all these moments at Bara. Possibly I get pleasure from them extra now than I did again then,” he admitted. “At the moment, it was simply match after match, we did not cease to appreciate how particular all of it was.”
Messi’s tearful exit in 2021 got here after Barcelona’s monetary disaster prevented them from renewing his contract. His pressured transfer to Paris Saint-Germain marked the top of an period that noticed him rating 672 targets, win 10 La Liga titles, 4 Champions Leagues, and develop into the membership’s all-time nice.
With Barcelona’s new Camp Nou anticipated to reopen in 2026, membership president Joan Laporta has already hinted at organizing a grand tribute match for Messi, a symbolic homecoming that would lastly supply the farewell each the participant and followers deserve.
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