Argentine star last set foot at Camp Nou on May 16, 2021
The former star of and current player of , visited the recently renovated Camp Nou on Sunday (10) and made a statement to the team on social media. “I’m back to a place that I miss a lot. A place where I was immensely happy and you made me feel a thousand times the happiest person in the world. I hope one day I can return, not only to say goodbye as a player, but as I’ve never been able to do”, wrote the Argentine, who on Saturday led his team to a 4-0 rout of the Nashville Predators, in the semifinals of the Eastern Conference of Major League Soccer, scoring two goals.
Messi last set foot at Camp Nou on May 16, 2021, in a 2-1 defeat to Celta Vigo. On 8 August 2021, he announced his departure from the club, despite expressing a desire to remain, but the club’s financial situation made this impossible. The player then transferred to Paris Saint-Germain and then to the United States. Messi’s message was published three days after the first team’s first open training session at Camp Nou.
*With information from AFP
