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Barcelona star Lionel Messi has found a novel way of dealing with noisy neighbours by buying their house, according to team-mate Ivan Rakitic.
He told Croatian outlet Novi List (h/t Sport): "When he bought his house in Castelldefels, his neighbours were a little noisy, so Leo had to buy their house so that he could be alone [with his family]. Luckily I have never had those problems."
Messi lives in the coastal town of Castelldefels, around 12 miles south-west of Barcelona, near Luis Suarez.