Messi: "I wasn't ready to leave Barcelona"

On 5 August 2021, Barcelona announced that Leo Messi was leaving the club of his life. "It was difficult to change when I left for PSG, because I was doing very well at Barcelona and I was thinking of staying there," he told the podcast 'Big Time'.

"I wasn't ready to leave, it all happened so fast. I had to rebuild my life from one day to the next. I got to know another league, another club, a new dressing room. It was a change we weren't looking for and that's why it was hard at first," he admitted.

On his retirement, the No.10 has not set a date for himself: "I know that the moment I feel that I am no longer ready to perform, that I no longer enjoy myself or help my teammates, I will quit".