After 17 Seasons With FC Barcelona, Lionel Messi Is Leaving. Updated August 5, 2021 6:29 PM ET Originally published August 5, 2021 3:55 PM ET. By . Josie Fischels Enlarge this image.

Lionel Messi cries at the start of a press conference at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Sunday, Aug. 8, 2021. FC Barcelona had previously announced the negotiations with Lionel Messi ...

Lionel Messi is leaving Barcelona, the Spanish club said Thursday. “Despite club and player reaching an agreement and their clear intention to sign a new contract today, this cannot happen ...

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Over the course of Lionel Messi’s illustrious career, it was always a given that the FC Barcelona star was well-compensated for his talents. There has never been a better time to be quite ...

Ex-FC Barcelona star Lionel Messi has been reported as ‘very close’ to joining PSG, after negotiations over a new contract with the Catalans broke down on Thursday.

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What’s true is that Messi will always be a part of FC Barcelona’s history. I would like him to have a different ending with the club to the one he had. ...

That night, FC Barcelona President Joan Gaspart formally confirmed the agreement with a more orthodox-looking contract. Messi made his professional competitive debut in 2004 and went on to break ...

In December 2000, FC Barcelona had yet to sign 13-year-old Lionel Messi. The club had already hosted Messi and his father, Jorge, in Spain for a tryout. By then, it was clear the Argentine was ...