hello and welcome along to sportsday, i'm katie shanahan.uld one of the greatest footballers of all time be on his way to the premier league? all eyes are on lionel messi after he told barcelona that he wants to leave the club. messi, who is a six—time ballon d'or winner, sent a fax to the club yesterday, saying that he wants to trigger a clause in his contract, which would allow him to leave for free with immediate effect. so has messi played his last game for barcelona? let's get more on this with austin halewood. first of all, just explain, why messi wants to leave barcelona? well, for so long, it would've seemed unthinkable, wouldn't it, to have been talking about this, messi leaving barcelona. but but after 20 years at the club he joined as a 13—year—old boy, messi's been getting more and more fed up in barcelona recently and there appears to be 3 main reasons why — the first is the rumours that surround him. it's no secret that there's been unrest inside the barcelona camp for a few seasons now, but according to reports in spain, he's

the lack of representation around statues dedicated to bame sportsmen and women across the uk, katie shanahanhis. this is the famous statue of arthur wroughton, the first black professional footballer in the world. it stands at the home of the england team in the hope that his story will inspire others from black and ethnic minority backgrounds. the contributions of the black and ethnic minority communities to the game is huge and we see a gross disproportionate number of statues, if you value starches, and i did, because i value what they represent. are there enough statues? until you right the wrongs in terms of balancing history, black lives will never truly matted by those in power, it is black history that matters now. there are only ten black and ethnic minority sports touches out of a total of 240 in the uk. football has the most with five—part tennis, golf and cricket don't have any from diverse backgrounds in britain. the majority of foot ball backgrounds in britain. the majority of football statues tended to be erected around 20 to 30 years after a player has retired. that is import