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Lionel Messi Wants To Leave Barcelona File photo - Barcelona s Lionel Messi celebrates after scoring the second goal during the UEFA Champion League Final soccer match, Barcelona FC vs Manchester United, ManU at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Italy on May 27, 2009. Barcelona Won 2-0. Argentine football star Lionel Messi has sent a letter to Barcelona informing the club that he wants to leave the team. Following the Catalan side s humiliating 8-2 defeat by Bayern Munich in the Champions League quarterfinals, club president Josep Maria Bartomeu told Barca TV: Messi has said many times that he wants to finish career at Barca. In July 2017, Barcelona and Messi announced a contract extension that would keep Messi with the team until June 30, 2021 and is reportedly worth â?¬565,000 ($645,000) a week. Messi, 33, has been with the club since 2000. Photo by Steeve McMay ABACAPRESS.COM Rome - Italy

Lionel Messi Wants To Leave Barcelona File photo - Barcelona s Lionel Messi celebrates after scoring the second goal during the UEFA Champion League Final soccer match, Barcelona FC vs Manchester United, ManU at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Italy on May 27, 2009. Barcelona Won 2-0. Argentine football star Lionel Messi has sent a letter to Barcelona informing the club that he wants to leave the team. Following the Catalan side s humiliating 8-2 defeat by Bayern Munich in the Champions League quarterfinals, club president Josep Maria Bartomeu told Barca TV: Messi has said many times that he wants to finish career at Barca. In July 2017, Barcelona and Messi announced a contract extension that would keep Messi with the team until June 30, 2021 and is reportedly worth â?¬565,000 ($645,000) a week. Messi, 33, has been with the club since 2000. Photo by Steeve McMay ABACAPRESS.COM Rome - Italy

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Lionel Messi Wants To Leave Barcelona File photo - Barcelona s Lionel Messi celebrates after scoring the second goal during the UEFA Champion League Final soccer match, Barcelona FC vs Manchester United, ManU at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Italy on May 27, 2009. Barcelona Won 2-0. Argentine football star Lionel Messi has sent a letter to Barcelona informing the club that he wants to leave the team. Following the Catalan side s humiliating 8-2 defeat by Bayern Munich in the Champions League quarterfinals, club president Josep Maria Bartomeu told Barca TV: Messi has said many times that he wants to finish career at Barca. In July 2017, Barcelona and Messi announced a contract extension that would keep Messi with the team until June 30, 2021 and is reportedly worth â?¬565,000 ($645,000) a week. Messi, 33, has been with the club since 2000. Photo by Steeve McMay ABACAPRESS.COM Rome - Italy

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