Neither Leo Messi nor Pep Guardiola, two Barcelona legends of this century, attended the 125th anniversary gala of the club culé. The Argentine star recorded an interview in Miami with David Carabén, the musician appointed as curator of the celebration, to the documentary series El Nou Clamfrom TV3. From Florida, the ’10’ sent a message congratulations.
Lionel Messi’s name was sung during FC Barcelona’s 125th anniversary ceremony.
Idol 🐐
– Inter Miami Zone (@InterMiamiZone) November 29, 2024
Once the gala is over, Messi also took to social media to once again send his congratulations to Barça, which he described as “the best club in the world”.
Happy 125th anniversary to the best club in the world 💙❤️ pic.twitter.com/j0p83qTVUS
– Leo Messi (@leomessisite) November 29, 2024
“Happy 125th anniversary to the best club in the world”Messi wrote, attaching several images of his glorious time at Barça as well as two blue and scarlet hearts. Although he couldn’t go to the Liceu, the Argentine star’s name was very present at the culé party and Laporta did not hesitate to designate the Argentinian as “the most decisive player in the history of Barça”.
The reason for the absence of world champion with Argentina This is largely due to tensions in his relationship with Laporta, with whom he ended badly after an exit he did not want in the summer of 2021, but which was forced by Barcelona’s financial problems.
A year ago, Messi announced he wanted to leave Barça, but in the end he had to stay. After a good season and with Laporta already in the presidency, who squeezed a model with the jersey of the legendary ’10’ culé, he was forced to leave to free up the payroll and headed to PSG. The attacker never accepted it and his link with Laporta was very damaged.
More than three years later, this cooling led to The absence of Messi a day as important for Barcelona fans as the 125th anniversary gala.
Guardiola sang a song
Former Barcelona coach and current Manchester City coach, Pep Guardiolaturned to the song ‘Aniversari’ by the Catalan group Manel to congratulate the club’s 125th anniversary. Guardiola wanted to be original and he appeared in a post where it sounded a fragment of the song of ‘Aniversari’ by Manel with that of Santpedor doing the ‘playback’.
🚨 Pep Guardiola sings: pic.twitter.com/iVITW5Ipx2
– Reshad Rahman (@ReshadFCB) November 29, 2024
And the coach a special relationship with Manel. It is worth remembering that in 2010, when the man from Santpedor was coach of Barça, he attended a concert of the Catalan group. Then from the stage, they asked him to will renew his contract with the Barcelona team. And that’s what Pep did later.
