Lionel Messi's tears as he says goodbye

Lionel Messi was in tears before he even said the first word. His wife Antonella, who was sitting in the front row in the FC Barcelona auditorium with their three sons, immediately handed her superstar a tissue; the emotions simply had to come out. “In the last few days I have thought a lot about what I can actually say. The truth is: I just can't think of anything," said Messi, his voice heavy and quiet. “This is the club I love and this is not the moment I expected.” Millions of fans around the world followed these words on the Internet.

When Messi finished his speech, his former teammates, who had come to see the club's greatest idol farewell, stood up and applauded. There was also sadness on their faces about the ultimately completely surprising end of the unique relationship between FC Barcelona and Messi. Messi said his blood had run cold over the failure of the new contract with the club he loved, which he had joined in 2000 as a 13-year-old. Medical check in Paris on Monday at the latest? Messi didn't want to give a specific answer as to where things would go from now on. Many clubs got in touch after the departure became known, he said. However, when asked about a commitment to Paris Saint-Germain, Messi said: “Well, that’s a possibility. But to this day, at this time, at this hour, I have not agreed anything with anyone.”

Of course they would talk to each other, said the six-time world footballer. Loud The Team Messi should possibly complete the medical check at PSG on Sunday, but this Monday at the latest. “I’ve been here my whole life, I’m not ready for this.” Lionel Messi “A new story will begin and this will be the most difficult chapter of my career,” said Messi, who was deeply touched and touched - and repeatedly emphasized his emotional connection to the club, which at the time provided the hormone treatment for the 13-year-old “flea”. Growth problems had been taken over from Rosaria in Argentina. Messi wanted to give up half of his salary "It is so hard for me. I've been here all my life, I'm not ready for this," Messi said. His family, with whom he had vacationed in Florida and Ibiza before leaving Barcelona and after the triumphant first title with the Argentine national team, was also completely convinced that he would stay in Barcelona. He offered to forego half of his salary. That didn't help either.

“Last year with all the madness, I knew exactly what I wanted to say, this year it’s something different,” said Messi, who really wanted to leave the club in the summer of 2020. The situation was completely different back then; Messi no longer met with the club's management at the time. 35 trophies for FC Barcelona Now it is difficult not to hear the fans “screaming my name anymore,” emphasized Messi, whose arrival at the press conference was accompanied by hundreds of supporters. Police had to keep an alley to the main gate clear. If he could have imagined saying goodbye, it would have been in a full stadium, said Messi, but that was not possible during Corona times.

The press conference ended after almost 40 minutes. Messi smiled briefly at his family, his wife and his three “Catalan-Argentinian boys”. Because he hugged his former teammates before he had to say goodbye to what he had achieved during his time at FC Barcelona: the trophies for 35 titles.

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Lionel Messi's tears as he says goodbye

It had to happen this way, his love for FC Barcelona is simply too great. Lionel Messi fights, tears flow. He doesn't want to leave, but he has to. According to French media, the medical check at Paris Saint-Germain is imminent.

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