Barcelona midfielder Pedri has opene dup on Lionel Messi's exit from Camp Nou in 2021. The Argentine maestro rose through the ...

Barcelona midfielder Sergi Roberto said last week the squad would “welcome Messi back with open arms”, and their economic vice-president Eduard Romeu said last September it would now be ...

Why do they have to pay Messi when he isn’t their player? This is money Messi is owed as part of the salary of his last contract with Barcelona. The issue is an agreement reached during that ...

Ghanaian midfielder Mohammed Kudus has named his favourite player between arguably the two greatest footballers of all time, ...

That’s a lot for Barcelona to do at speed and Messi clearly wanted to make a swift decision about his future. Barcelona would have struggled to close big sales like that in the near future, as ...

Family struggles aside, Messi had good reason to feel he was in the best possible place to fulfil his dreams of becoming a football superstar. His rise through the Barcelona youth ranks was one of ...

The popular narrative is that Ronaldinho was sold by Barcelona when Pep Guardiola took over as manager in 2008 because he was seen as a bad influence on Messi. That’s true, to a point, but the ...

Barcelona president Joan Laporta said the club had a ‘moral debt’ to Lionel Messi because of the manner of his 2021 departure (Photo: Eric Alonso/Getty Images).

Barcelona fans consider Messi to be their own. The Argentinian first moved into the club’s youth academy when he was 13 and he, more than anyone, symbolises Barca’s golden era and the success ...

Messi usually takes care to mention his love for and connections to Barcelona when he speaks in public — including when he won the 2022 World Cup with Argentina and his eighth Ballon d’Or, as ...

Laporta said clearly on Friday that even with Messi’s salary cut, Barcelona’s wages would be at 110 per cent of the club revenues. Best practice — and La Liga rules — demand a ratio of 70 ...