NBC SportsBarcelona confirm Lionel Messi will not return
Just when we thought the Messi-Barcelona saga had sorted itself out.
AFPMessi's milestone matches with Barcelona
AFP Sport takes a look at some of Lionel Messi's finest moments with Barcelona, for whom he played 788 games before it was announced the global star would be leaving on Thursday.
AFPMessi's 20-year Barcelona career ends as scramble for signature begins
Lionel Messi will end his 20-year career with Barcelona after the Argentine superstar and the Spanish giants were unable to overcome "economic and structural obstacles" to a new deal, a bombshell certain to spark a high-stakes scramble for a player widely regarded as one of the greatest of all time.
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