Hristo Stoichkov remains convinced that Lionel Messi will retire as a Barcelona player, but the Blaugrana legend admits “there is always a but”.
It appeared as though a six-time Ballon d’Or winner could head through the exits at Camp Nou in the last transfer window.
Messi aired a desire to move on, after taking in a frustrating end to the 2019-20 campaign, and believed that an exit clause in his contract would allow him to seek out a new challenge.
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Barca, though bolted the doors and made it clear that they would not be sanctioning a switch elsewhere.