Lionel Messi har lenge vært blant verdens aller, aller beste spillere.

Mye av æren for det skal Barcelona ha.

Argentineren er fostret opp gjennom det anerkjente «La Masia»-akademiet og har spilt seniorfotball for Barcelona helle karrieren.

Nå røper 32-åringen at han ved to anledninger har ønsket å forlate Barcelona.

Det kommer frem i et intervju med en spansk radiokanal.

Messi interview on RAC1. On wanting to leave Barca: “There were moments in which I was tired for so many reasons. There were times, in 2013 and 2014 when I had the problem with the Hacienda (Spanish tax authorities)…

— Rik Sharma (@riksharma_) October 9, 2019

Messi: “In that time I had in my head to leave, not because I wanted to leave Barca, but because I wanted to leave Spain. I felt badly treated and didn’t want to be here any more, I had the door open to many clubs.”

— Rik Sharma (@riksharma_) October 9, 2019

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