Barcelona has published a special and rare video of its former Argentine star, Lionel Messi, when he was a player in the club's youth academy, which it calls "La Masia".
Barcelona had confirmed Messi's departure last Thursday because of his inability to renew his contract with the player due to the regulations of the Football League "La Liga", and the Argentine star bid farewell to the club in a press conference held the day before yesterday, Sunday, in the team's stronghold, "Camp Nou".
🟦🟥🧬 Leo #Messi & La Masia pic.twitter.com/IBGDh6i3vR
— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) August 10, 2021
The club participated in the video, on its official account on Twitter, today, Tuesday, in which Messi appeared while he was still young in “La Masia” before becoming a world star and making history with the Catalan team.
Some clips showed the charming touches of the Argentine star during his participation with "La Masia", garnering nearly a million views within a few hours of its publication, and a large number of "Barca" fans interacted with him.
A number of followers expressed their sadness over this ending between Messi and Barcelona, while others sang about the great history that Messi made since joining the first team and his participation in winning titles and championships for the team and winning many individual awards during his career with Barcelona.
Im so sad to watch this 🥲 https://t.co/0MJUpOmCLH
— Ovan Manggaremba (@ovan_lakedo) August 10, 2021
La Masía de Can Planes (Spanish: La Masía de Can Planes) is a term used to define the club's youth academy, which includes more than 300 players, the outstanding of whom are promoted to the first team or loaned to refinement.
past days are always best !!
🔥 https://t.co/qX4yYXhNt9
— ledu (@nahid_hossain) August 10, 2021
Always the best https://t.co/9jSTLKsVeh
— pujunze (@pujunze) August 10, 2021
Always the best https://t.co/9jSTLKsVeh
— pujunze (@pujunze) August 10, 2021
Messi isn't going's anywhere.
These people are mad https://t.co/annrCPLEqs
— Alhaji Ɔkɔdeɛ (@KwekuPsy) August 10, 2021
It feels like a break up with the love of your life😭 https://t.co/76oGZkctb9
— Melba Mokoena (@Melmok) August 10, 2021
This is the story about a little boy to #leomessi than a #Legend 👑 @TeamMessi 🥺 https://t.co/nH7WMFVbx6
— sourav pandit (@flairmansourav1) August 10, 2021
Messi is one of my all time favorite players (next to Brazils Ronaldo).
Barcelona has been my La Liga team since he got there.
We Barcelona fans will miss seeing him play the game beautifully.
RESPECT MESSI, and good luck on your new team!
@TeamMessi @FCBarcelona #Messi https://t.co/wULvTaFqtS
— DeadlySwordz (@DeadlySwordz) August 10, 2021