'I didn't leave as I dreamed and imagined' - Messi on 'strange' Barcelona exit - video Dailymotion

Lionel Messi says he imagined playing his entire European career in Barcelona, labelling his exit as 'strange'

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00:00After all my life I had been there, I did not go as I imagined, as I dreamed of.

00:09I imagined, as I said, playing all my career in Europe, in Barcelona.

00:16And then I came here as I did, because it was my thoughts, what I wanted.

00:27And, well, it was a bit strange, too, for the situation, for everything.

00:32But, well, I think that the love of the people always will be,

00:37for what I told you, for everything we have been through.

00:39I have been 16 years, I think, since the first team,

00:43and I was 20, 21 years old since I came to Barcelona, when I was 12, 13 years old.

00:51So, it's a lot of time, a lot of life, and, obviously, the love will always be.