Lionel Messi seems ready to leave his life in Barcelona behind after almost two decades.
Everyone in football had just assumed that Messi would end his European club career with the Blaugrana, staying true to the team for which he has played every minute of his professional life.
Messi moved to Catalonia when he was just 13 years old in 2001 and made his first team debut in 2004, thus marking the beginning of a lucrative 16 years at Camp Nou.
Messi leaves Barcelona
Since that fateful day that Frank Rijkaard handed Messi his Barcelona bow, the Argentine has become the club’s all-time top scorer with 634 goals and has racked up more than 700 appearances.
It should come as no surprise then that Barcelona fans around the world were distraught to hear the news that the superstar they had idolized for so long had submitted a formal transfer request.
And while there is the slightest hope that Messi can make a U-turn and stay at the club, all roads seem to lead to a reunion with Pep Guardiola at Manchester City.
Change of Barcelona for Manchester
Considering that Messi worked alongside Guardiola for four abundant seasons at Barca and that City’s style of football suits the 33-year-old down to the ground, it will be a perfect move in some respects.
However, trading Barcelona for City will not be that straightforward when it comes to lifestyle and we don’t mean it as an offense against the people of Manchester.
Although, yes, there is a way for Argentine players bathing in the northwestern city – Ángel Di María, cough, cough – we mean it in terms of Messi having lived in the same place for so long.
No-fly zone
It would be a jarring change in circumstances for the Messi family and The Sun has decided to put the change in context by looking at what the 33-year-old’s inner circle would leave behind.
Messi’s impressive property is just 19 km from Camp Nou and has a small soccer field, swimming pool, indoor gym and playground for your young children.
However, perhaps the most interesting fact about Messi’s property is that planes cannot fly over it.
‘This doesn’t happen anywhere else’
Yes, you read that correctly, because the exclusive neighborhood of Barcelona that Messi lives in, Castelldefels, is actually a no-fly zone, providing residents with perfect tranquility.
According to Marca, the director of Vueling, Javier Sánchez-Prieto, confirmed that the expansions of the Barcelona airport have been hampered by the state of protection of Castelldefels for environmental reasons.
The agitated boss says that the plans cannot be carried out ‘because you cannot ignore where Messi lives’ and that ‘this does not happen anywhere else in the world’.
Kiss the property goodbye?
Of course, the no-fly zone has not been implemented by Messi and Messi alone, but it makes sense that the environmental rule encourages people like the 33-year-old to live there.
However, after the events of Tuesday night, don’t be surprised to see Messi turn his back on that luxury property in Castelldefels and seek the best in the North West of England.
Your flight to Manchester might even have to take a detour … because of your old home. You couldn’t write it.
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