Back to the Watford Newsfeed

Lionel Messi is staying at Barcelona for what could be his 'Last Dance'

Lionel Messi was late. He was late to formally tell Barcelona he was leaving, which is why in the end he couldn't -- held to the June 10 deadline he'd missed. And now he was late to tell everybody he was staying. Ten days after he had sent a burofax to announce he was walking out, he announced that he was walking back in again. The statement was coming at five o'clock, they said, but at five past there was no sign, however many times you hit refresh. At 10-past, there was still nothing.