After 17 Seasons With FC Barcelona, Lionel Messi Is Leaving. Updated August 5, 2021 6:29 PM ET Originally published August 5, 2021 3:55 PM ET. By . Josie Fischels Enlarge this image.

Lionel Messi with FC Barcelona. Getty Images “FC Barcelona wholeheartedly expresses its gratitude to the player for his contribution to the aggrandizement of the club and wishes him all the very ...

Lionel Messi will no longer play for FC Barcelona after all. Messi reportedly agreed to a massive contract in July to return to the club, but Barcelona on Thursday confirmed the two sides could ...

Lionel Messi is leaving Barcelona, the Spanish club said Thursday. “Despite club and player reaching an agreement and their clear intention to sign a new contract today, this cannot happen ...

Messi had tried to leave Barcelona in August 2020, making a formal request for an exit after a break down in his relationship with then president Josep Maria Bartomeu but successor Joan Laporta ...

FILE - Messi holds his Ballon d'Or (Golden Ball) award as European Footballer of the Year before a Spanish La Liga soccer match between FC Barcelona and Betis at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona ...

Messi arrived at Barcelona as a teenager in 2001, joining the club’s famed La Masia youth academy. He first-team debut happened in 2003 as a 16-year-old, and since then he led Barcelona to 34 ...

Comparisons quickly surfaced between Lionel Messi’s $12 million salary at Inter Miami and Lamine Yamal’s lucrative new deal ...

Lionel Messi’s father and agent, Jorge Messi, says his son’s preferred move would be a return to Barcelona during the summer transfer window. Messi played his last match for Paris Saint ...

Lionel Messi and FC Barcelona have agreed to a five-year contract that will keep the Argentinian in Spain, according to multiple reports. However, the player many consider to be the best in the ...

Barcelona star Lionel Messi said he wanted “to seek a new direction” in his career but would not “get into a legal dispute with the club.” Lionel Messi decides to stay with FC Barcelona ...