“I would like to leave in a different way, although I think that goodbye can never be something pleasant ... I would like to continue to play here, I did everything for this, but in the end it did not happen.
I have only words of gratitude to all those who have surrounded me in the club for so many years.
For our fans who gave me all their love, and I tried to answer them in kind, giving all of me in a blue garnet form.
I'm leaving, but this is not goodbye, see you later, "Messi wrote on his Instagram, posting a photo from the farewell press conference.
On June 30, the 34-year-old Argentinean's contract expired.
The parties failed to renew the contract due to financial and structural constraints of La Liga.
Earlier it was reported that Messi's father received a contract from PSG.