The management of the Catalan club wants to say goodbye to their former football player with dignity.
Barcelona is considering organizing a farewell match for Lionel Messi. According to the sports director of the Catalan club, Deco, such a battle must take place, because the Argentinean is a legendary football player of the club and the biggest idol for all fans of the “garnet-blues”.
“I think it will be a farewell match – maybe after the stadium is renovated. Leo will always be the greatest idol in the history of the club. The club has big idols like Cruyff, Ronaldo, but Messi is probably the greatest of them all.
Messi will actually play his farewell match for Barcelona, but we don’t know when it will happen. He is playing now and I hope he will continue it for many years to come because those who love football and enjoy it will be happy to see him,” Deco told Marca.
In turn, the president Barcelona gave more details about the possible match. The Argentine’s farewell game at Camp Nou could take place in November 2024.
“We asked Leo to come back at the start of the season. He told us what he thought about it and made a decision. Leo didn’t want to be under pressure for another year and chose to go to Inter Miami. We respect him. We appreciate him very much.
We promised that we would pay tribute to him. Yes, there was talk of doing it at the Camp Nou opening. We will be back in November 2024. We want to give it on the 24th or 26th,” Laporta was quoted as saying by Mundo Deportivo.
Let’s remember that Messi’s salary is in Inter Miami.
Source: korrespondent
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