Chinanews Client Beijing, August 6th. In the midsummer of 2020, the Camp Nou finally lost its "king".

　　On August 5, local time, Barcelona Football Club issued a statement on its official website confirming that the Argentine star Lionel Messi will not continue to play for the club.

　　The statement stated that although both the club and Messi have reached an agreement to sign a new contract on this day, due to economic and La Liga policies and other reasons, the two sides cannot formally implement the agreement.

　　"Barça club thanks Messi for his great contribution to the club, and wish Messi every success in his personal life and career in the future."

　　A "cold" and formal statement announced the end of Messi's Barcelona career.

The video originally intended to celebrate Messi's contract renewal has become the prelude to the farewell of the football king.

　　Caught off guard, shocked, disappointed...complex emotions intertwined, brewed, and spiraled downward in the past night.

　　In any case, this is not the ideal ending of the story between "Messi and Barcelona" as expected by the outside world. It is as incredible as the beginning of this legend 21 years ago.

In the Spanish Super Cup final, Barcelona lost 2-3 to Athletic Bilbao.

In extra time, Messi had physical contact with the opposing player, and the referee showed a red card to Messi after VAR confirmed.

This is the first time Messi has won a red card in the 753 games played for Barcelona.

　　At the age of 9, Messi was diagnosed with growth hormone deficiency.

He was only 1.27 meters when he first started treatment.

But he met the noble man in his life, Rexxar's Wonderful Eyes, who was a Barcelona scout at the time, and used a napkin to bring the future superstar to Camp Nou in 2000.

　　Back then, Lexach pulled out a napkin and wrote on it: "Although the opinions have not yet reached an agreement, we promised to sign Messi once the conditions are met."

　　With the help of the club paying high treatment fees, Messi reached 1.69 in 2003.

It took him less than six years to be elected as the World Player of Football.

Data map: Barcelona star Messi hides his face and is hurt alone.

Image source: IC photo

　　Since Ronaldinho took over the Barcelona No. 10 jersey, Messi has not only become the ace of the Red and Blues in Europe, but has also become one of the best players in the world in the Iberian Peninsula.

　　91 goals in the year, 4 Champions League trophies, 10 La Liga champions, and countless domestic cup champions... He is infinite and unparalleled, killing Maradona and Pele’s status as "Ball Kings" Will be gone.

　　No matter what, this is the legend of mutual achievement between Messi and Barcelona.

　　But the end of the legend was caught off guard.

The data picture shows Messi.

Image source: Osports All Sports Photo Agency

　　Messi has always kept in mind Barcelona's knowledge and experience. At the age of 17, he received an annual salary contract of 1 million euros higher than that of Inter Milan, but he eventually chose to renew his contract with Barcelona.

　　Messi once said, "I will never leave Barcelona for money. I leave Barcelona only because the club doesn't want me. Maybe my condition has declined, or people have begun to doubt my ability."

　　Nowadays, it has become a truth.

　　Perhaps, today's Messi is no longer the childish boy who signed the contract on the napkin, and he has already seen the warmth of the sports world in his eyes.

But this ending obviously exceeded Messi's expectations.

Data map: Messi.

　　After dawn, all kinds of news flooded in.

"Messi is in shock. He doesn't want to leave without saying goodbye to the fans." "Messi was disappointed at Barcelona's last-minute change of mind." "Messi did not expect the negotiation to fail. Now he is sad because he cannot play for Barcelona.

　　The news is true and false, but "Business is business", business is business, this is the eternal truth of business sports.

The icy statement has made sadness come true, and 21 years of joy was ended and sealed in an instant.

　　When we miss Messi, what are we missing?

　　We will miss the youth with long hair and fluttering hair, the captain who runs tirelessly, the team leader who was surrounded and shouted, and we will miss the time of chasing the red and blue figure like inertia...

　　There is a day when the flowers bloom again, and no one is young again.

We miss, the gears of time are still being constantly pushed forward.

　　When the sun shines on the Nou Camp in a new day, Barcelona's "Messi era" ushered in the final chapter.

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