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It's 'essential' Lionel Messi isn't allowed to leave Barcelona in 2021 if the team wants to return to its glory days, a club icon says
Barcelona legend Albert Ferrer told Insider that keeping Messi at the Camp Nou next season is "cruc…
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Lionel Messi has told Barcelona's new coach he is closer to leaving than staying, and doesn't 'clearly' see his future at the club
Messi reportedly cut short a holiday in the Pyrenees for crisis talks with Ronald Koeman on Thursda…
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Barcelona's results this season show Lionel Messi the club has a bright enough future for him to stay, says Ronald Koeman
Barcelona is undefeated in La Liga since the start of December, and has also reached the final of t…
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Lionel Messi has come under fire from Barcelona manager Ronald Koeman after failing to score for an almost unheard of run of 3 games
The Argentine forward drew his third consecutive blank in front of goal at the weekend as Barcelona…
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Barcelona was forced to play defenders as attackers to rescue itself from an embarrassing defeat as its post-Lionel Messi struggles continue
"If you see the list of players, what do you do?" Barcelona manager Ronald Koeman said after his si…
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Barcelona always blames 'foreigners' when things go wrong, according to the club's former manager
"It's typical Barcelona," said Louis van Gaal, who coached FC Barcelona from 1997-2000 and 2002-200…
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Barcelona's year of chaos continues, finally firing its manager after months of speculation and rumor
Barcelona sacked manager Ronald Koeman after two defeats in as many games and now legendary ex-play…
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Barcelona's manager refused to answer questions from the press as rumors swirl that the club wants to sack him, but can't afford to
"The club with me as coach is in a situation of rebuilding," said Ronald Koeman on Wednesday. "We c…
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The teenager who inherited Lionel Messi's FC Barcelona shirt scored after 323 days out as the club got back to winning ways
"It is an honour to wear number 10 after Messi," Ansu Fati, 18, said after his goal against Levante…
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Barcelona is about to make one of its greatest ever players its manager - a risky move that could backfire spectacularly and ruin his legacy
Frank Lampard, Andrea Pirlo, and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer have all struggled as managers of their old t…
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Barcelona's wild week continued on the pitch as the club pulled off a stunning comeback victory to reach the Spanish Cup final
Barcelona's victory over Sevilla came just days after the club's former president was arrested in c…
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Barcelona's post-Messi plight took another dark turn with an embarrassing defeat to Bayern Munich
Without Messi at its helm, Barcelona failed to register a single shot on target for the first in it…
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A soccer player in Spain scored a comical, humiliating own goal as Lionel Messi ran riot for Barcelona in the La Liga title race
Sofian Chakla passed the ball into his own net after failing to recognize his keeper was out of the…
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Lionel Messi is key to his new boss' plans, and is going nowhere despite rumors of a $700 million Barcelona exit
Koeman was announced as Barcelona's new coach on Wednesday, just two days after the club sacked Qui…
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Lionel Messi took a wild swing at an opponent off the ball, and got his first red card in 753 games for Barcelona
The Argentine was sent off in the final seconds of Barcelona's 3-2 defeat to Athletic Bilbao in the…
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Lionel Messi finally decided to leave Barcelona when he was told he'd no longer get the 'privileges' he's used to from the club
"You have to do everything for the team," Ronald Koeman reportedly told Messi. "I'm going to be inf…
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Barcelona were humbled by Kylian Mbappe's rampant PSG in what may have been Lionel Messi's last ever Champions League game at the Camp Nou
Mbappe, 22, scored a stunning hat-trick as the French champion won 4-1, and - barring a miracle com…
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Lionel Messi has 'never been closer' to leaving Barcelona, but his new boss says he plans to fight to keep him at the club
"He is the best player in the world and the best player in the world you want in your team," Koeman…
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Lionel Messi felt isolated and missed his best friend Luis Suarez when he wanted to leave Barcelona, a former teammate says
Andrea Orlandi also told Insider that Messi "wasn't convinced" with his teammates on the pitch at t…
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Lionel Messi won't make a decision on his Barcelona future until the last minute, and wants to see how the rest of the season plays out
"People assume that he's definitely, definitely going and that hasn't happened yet," Spanish footba…