Lionel Messi, who left crying, will return to BarcelonaCamp Nou's surprise visit to the world after four years is a shock to the world

Nov 11, 2025

Lionel Messi, who left crying, will return to BarcelonaCamp Nou's surprise visit to the world after four years is a shock to the world



Lionel Messi is back as Barcelona's Camp Nou for the first time in four years.

Messi surprised the world through his personal SNS on the 10th (Korea time). It was because he went back to Camp Nou, which has never gone back since the 2020-2021 season. Messi visited Camp Nou, where construction is in full swing, and promised Barcelona fans while reminiscing about the past.

He "Last night, I went back to where I had missed with all my heart. It was a place that made me feel like the happiest person in the world. I hope I can come back someday. It's not just to say goodbye, but to say goodbye properly, which I haven't done yet. He said he would come back to Camp Nou to greet Barcelona fans properly.
Lionel Messi, who left crying, will return to BarcelonaCamp Nou's surprise visit to the world after four years is a shock to the world
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If it's a legend of a club, it doesn't mean much to visit your home. But Messi is different. In the summer of 2021, Messi was forced to leave Barcelona. In the late 2010s, Barcelona continued its lax management by recruiting Philippe Coutinho and Usman Dembele. Then COVID-19 broke out, and Barcelona faced a huge financial crisis.




This has brought about the worst that has never been imagined. Barcelona has reached the point where it can't match the league salary cap. Barcelona could not run the season with Messi because he was receiving an astronomical salary. In the end, Messi was forced to part ways. At that time, Messi was in tears and held a farewell press conference with Barcelona. Since then, Messi has visited the city of Barcelona, but he has never officially visited the Barcelona club.
Lionel Messi, who left crying, will return to BarcelonaCamp Nou's surprise visit to the world after four years is a shock to the world
사진=메시 SNS
Then why, suddenly, did Messi come to Camp Nou now. England's The Athletic said Messi found Barcelona's Camp Nou on Sunday night, but Barcelona were completely unaware of that. Messi didn't just stop by to check on the Camp Nou remodeling situation, where the construction schedule has been delayed by almost a year. He was on the move to join Argentina's national team, which will begin training in Alicante ahead of a friendly against Angola this week. However, instead of moving immediately, he decided to stop by Barcelona, a city he first met in 2000 when he was 13 years old, and reported that it was Messi's visit that Barcelona did not even know.

The Athletic added the emotional weight of the way he left, to the fact that Messy found Camp Nou again. The breakup, announced in 2021 as a press conference of tears, was determined by the club's dire financial woes, and he left feeling betrayed by Juan Laporta, who still leads the club. Barca fans have only one common feeling. There was no proper breakup,' he explained.

Messi made his way to Camp Nou, never contacting the leadership that made him part with Barcelona. A construction official at Camp Nou contacted the Barcelona club after confirming Messi, and the club belatedly handled Messi's visit.
Lionel Messi, who left crying, will return to BarcelonaCamp Nou's surprise visit to the world after four years is a shock to the world
사진=메시 SNS
Officials familiar with Messi's situation were not named, The Athletic said, adding that the visit was really a brief visit 'lightning'. There was only one main reason for the visit. 'It was because I wanted to see the stadium of my beloved club in person.' Messi explained why he went to Camp Nou.

Messi really loved Barcelona. After the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, he pushed for a return to Barcelona when he was not loved at Paris Saint-Germain (PSG). Messi's father, who works as Messi's deputy, negotiated with Barcelona's leadership, but it was not achieved in the end. After the negotiations failed, Messi said "Barcelona was the only place I wanted to go back to in Europe. After winning the World Cup, if I couldn't go back to Barca, I felt it was time to enjoy football in a different way."

It is well known that the relationship with the current Barca regime centered on Messi and Laporta is still not good. However, that cannot change Messi's affection for the club Barcelona and the history he left behind. 'I want to come back someday. And the sentence 'not just to say goodbye' reminds us of the possibility of a new stage, he said, predicting that Messi could meet with Barcelona again.






This article was translated by Naver AI translator.