welljoe lynsky has been looking back at barca's books.ionel messi's images being taken down from the posters from the stadium and this is a player who is essential to this is a player who is essential to this identity. a symbol of our barcelona were able to take a 13—year—old making the best player in the world and that academy was key to producing a lot of the sport that when the last championship league title six years ago and it is in many ways, the event since than that of led to his goodbye. the captain left after that final in 2015 and two years later, he was followed out the door by a man who became less expensive player in the world when he signed for psg and he wanted to be more of the main man rather than play and his shadow. taking in that sum of money would secure his immediate future but much of that was lost to agents and the club reinvested it on players who not really fit in and he struggled with injuries and he was loaned out just 18 months after signing and he then got injured last december. on top of that, his own wages