Barcelona legend Messi wants Camp Nou to return to say ‘farewell’

Lionel Messi, the Argentina and Barcelona legend, said on Monday he had visited the renovated Camp Nou and hoped to return one day to say goodbye.

Messi, 38, left the Catalan club for Paris Saint-Germain in 2021 due to the team’s serious financial problems, before moving to Inter Miami two years later.

«Last night I returned to a place that I miss very much. A place where I was extremely happy, where you made me feel a thousand times like I was the happiest person in the world,» the eight-time Ballon d’Or winner said on Instagram.

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“I hope that one day I can return and not just say goodbye as a player, as I was never able to do…,” the 2022 World Cup champion added.

Messi scored twice for Inter Miami on Saturday to advance to the next round of the MLS Cup playoffs.

Published on November 10, 2025