Some people will say he abandoned the ship when he's been single-handedly keeping it afloat for more or less 4 seasons. Messi kept winning with a team & club in crisis. Here's hoping he's trying to get Bartomeu to resign & this is all rubbish.

If his mind is made up however..

Then I can only wish him good luck, thank him & hope he can find with some other club what we havent even tried to give him for the past 4 years (minimum).

Thank you for all you've given us Leo, sorry for the little we've given you.

It's sad that the Barca entorno (entourage) hasn't reacted all these years, until Messi said enough. Shows how great Messi is & how stupid & corrupt they are. The same journalists/fans that defended Bartomeu are now calling for his head. Well it's probably too late.

Anyway you already know what I think of this board. I have countless threads dating back from 2015 explaining that eventually this is what would happen. The destruction of Barca & Messi leaving prematurely. Its sad cause selling Messi to cover up the books will save their asses.

It's quite strange, football-wise, how teams/clubs manage to constantly kill Messi. I think it's because he's too good. Directors tend to use him to cover up bad management, coaches to cover up bad preparation & teammates to cover up lack of quality. We've seen this constantly.

Messi making a team that has no business competing an actual champion (let alone compete). Barca's Valverde had no business being 2 goals away from a treble. Argentina 3 goals away from threepeating. Only one anomaly: Pep.

In 2012 he said Messi can stay at this level but the club must be smart & keep helping him. He used those exact words. 3 years later they stopped & now here we are. Here's hoping, for Messi's sake, one final dance with the man himself. Because as a culé it's a very sad day today.

But it's also a day to be grateful. So many generations & you were born in the one where you got to watch & love the team in which Messi played every 3 days.

Messi, the boy that couldn't grow. Until one day he started growing & never stopped.