"After all that life I spent there, I didn't leave the way I had imagined, nor the way I had dreamed. I always imagined finishing my entire career in Europe and in Barcelona. Then coming here as I'm doing now, because that was my thinking and my desire. The farewell moment was a bit strange too, because of the circumstances and everything surrounding it. But I believe people's love will always remain, as I said, because of everything we lived through together,"
"That lasted a long time. It was 16 years with the first team, and I think about 20 or 21 years since I arrived at Barcelona when I was twelve or thirteen years old. So it's a very long period, filled with life events, and it's only natural that the love remains"
Lionel Messi made an unannounced visit to Spotify Camp Nou and reflected on his abrupt departure, unhappy Paris spell, and enduring love for Barcelona. He described an odd feeling after leaving because of the way everything happened and because his final years were played without crowds during the pandemic. Messi said his departure was not the glorious farewell he had imagined and that he had wanted to finish his career in Europe and at Barcelona. He emphasized the long bond formed after joining the club at age twelve or thirteen and spending sixteen first-team years.
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