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Emotional Lionel Messi says he wasn't prepared to leave Barcelona

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Messi said that, unlike last year when he asked to leave, he had his mind  set on staying with the club where he had spent two decades. (Photo: Reuters)
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Messi said that, unlike last year when he asked to leave, he had his mind set on staying with the club where he had spent two decades. (Photo: Reuters)

Agencies Madrid
Struggling to control his emotions, Lionel Messi said on Sunday in his farewell to Barcelona that he wasn’t prepared to leave the club.
 
Messi began crying even before he started speaking at his farewell ceremony at the Camp Nou Stadium, and had to stop talking to compose himself few times.
 
“This is very hard for me after so many years, after being here my entire life,” he said.
 
“I wasn’t prepared.”
 
Messi said that, unlike last year when he asked to leave, he had his mind set on staying with Barcelona and did everything possible to

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