Argentine football legend Lionel Messi, star of the American club Inter Miami, after a secret visit to the new Camp Nou stadium, expressed his desire to return to Catalonia one day in the future. Messi wrote in a message posted on Instagram on Sunday, accompanied by five photos and a video: "Last night I returned to a place I miss dearly." He added: "It's a place where I was very happy, you made me feel a thousand times happier than any other man in the world." The 38-year-old veteran, who led Inter Miami to the Eastern Conference semifinals by scoring two goals in a 4-0 win over Nashville in the third match on Saturday, also said: "I hope I can come back one day, not just to say goodbye as a player, something I never got to do." Despite his stated desire to stay at Barcelona, Messi, an eight-time Ballon d'Or winner as the world's best player, left his lifelong club in August 2021 at the end of his contract due to the Catalan club's inability to pay his €60 million per season salary. He moved to French Paris Saint-Germain, where he played until 2023. The message from the 2022 World Cup champion with Argentina came three days after an open training session for the club's fans at Camp Nou, whose opening has been delayed several times since the renovation project was launched in June 2023.
