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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
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Keifer MacDonald

Liverpool fans have FSG transfer theory over Lionel Messi exit from Barcelona

Barcelona released a statement on Thursday evening confirming that Lionel Messi will not be signing a new contract with the La Liga club, meaning that the six-time BallonD'or winner is currently a free agent.

Messi has been linked with a move away from Barcelona for the past twelve months, with the ongoing financial crisis that the La Liga giants are currently embroiled in.

And whilst a move to one of Europe's financial powerhouse seems more realistic, that hasn't stopped Liverpool fans from flirting over the idea of Messi making Anfield his new home.

Messi most recently visited Anfield in 2019, as Liverpool produced one of the greatest comebacks the Champions League has ever seen.

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