Lionel Messi to leave Barcelona this summer

Lionel Messi File Photo
(Image credit: Nick Potts)

Lionel Messi’s two-decade stay at Barcelona is over after “financial and structural obstacles” prevented him from signing a new deal, the LaLiga club announced.

Barca insist both they and Messi were willing to extend his stay, but claim LaLiga regulations have made that impossible.

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