Argentina star joins Messi at Camp Nou… and snaps his photos! | OneFootball

This Friday from 1:00 PM, the Argentina National Team will play its only friendly match of the November FIFA date when it visits Angola in Luanda. Before traveling to the African country, La Albiceleste is training in Alicante, Spain, and several of the called-up players have already traveled to start practice under the orders of Lionel Scaloni, with Lionel Messi among them. However, the captain made a special stop first and visited the new Camp Nou in Barcelona, where he played most of his career.

On Monday morning, “La Pulga” surprised everyone with a post on social media from the brand-new stadium of the Culé team, since it was not publicly known that he would visit the home of his former club. In fact, it was such a secret that the star from Rosario traveled only accompanied by Rodrigo De Paul, his teammate at Inter Miami and a close friend. De Paul was even the one who took the photos that Messi later posted on his Instagram account.

“Last night I returned to a place I miss with all my soul. A place where I was immensely happy, where you made me feel a thousand times like the happiest person in the world. I hope that one day I can come back, and not just to say goodbye as a player, as I never got the chance to do…,” Messi wrote alongside a series of photos and videos showing him touring the renovated stadium, both outside and on the pitch.

More than four years after his departure, the relationship between Messi and the Catalan club seems to be finding a point of reconnection. The Argentine star left Barça in August 2021, after being unable to renew his contract due to the club’s financial problems. His message, full of nostalgia, reignited the hopes of Culé fans, who dream of seeing him return to Camp Nou, even if only for a farewell worthy of his legacy.

Beyond that, the truth is that it’s unlikely that “La Pulga” will wear the Barcelona shirt again in a competitive match, as he has just renewed his contract with Inter Miami until the end of the 2028 Major League Soccer (MLS) season.

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