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Africa-Press<\/a> – Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>LaLiga paid tribute to Lionel Messi after he appeared at his final press conference as a Barcelona player on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Messi has played in the Spanish top flight for the last 21 years.<\/p>\n

During that time, he scored 672 times in 778 games for Barca.<\/p>\n

Lionel Messi: PSG to pay player \u20ac769,000 per week<\/p>\n

The 34-year-old leaves as both the club\u2019s record appearance maker and top goal scorer.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe made history together. It\u2019s been a matter of pride to see you become a legend. Thanks, Leo Messi,\u201d LaLiga wrote on social media.<\/p>\n

Messi is widely expected to undergo medicals with Paris Saint-Germain early this week.<\/p>\n

LaLiga approved Barcelona\u2019s new contract for Lionel Messi before player\u2019s exit<\/p>\n

He will then put pen to paper on a two-year deal with an option for one more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. LaLiga paid tribute to Lionel Messi after he appeared at his final press conference as a Barcelona player on Sunday. Messi has played in the Spanish top flight for the last 21 years. During that time, he scored 672 times in 778 games for Barca. Lionel Messi: PSG to pay player \u20ac769,000 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":48066,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,28,18,26],"tags":[1570,2140,1864,1639,1629,254],"class_list":["post-48067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-sport","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-barcelona","tag-laliga","tag-messi","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"\nLaLiga reacts as Messi confirms Barcelona departure - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"LaLiga paid tribute to Lionel Messi after he appeared at his final press conference as a Barcelona player on Sunday. 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