Football is full of love stories, and a famous one linked a boy from Rosario, Argentina, to the most famous football club in Barcelona, Spain. Lionel Messi returned to his old stomping ground, the Camp Nou, recollecting the days he felt 'a thousand times the happiest person in the world'.

Messi shared a series of photographs of himself in and outside Football Club Barcelona's famous home ground, where he spent 17 seasons, transforming the wonderkid that he was into a legend - arguably the Greatest Of All Time.

"Last night I returned to a place I miss with my soul," Messi posted. He left Barcelona after the 2020-21 season. It wasn't a glorious exit as the hottest property in world football had become a free agent after his contract with the club expired. Barcelona had been entangled in a financial crisis, and Messi made a tearful exit.

After his recent visit to Camp Nou, taking a break from the Argentine national team's training camp, Messi made a promise: "I hope one day I can come back, and not just to say goodbye as a player, as I never got to.."

Between his senior debut in May 2005 and his final season in Spain, Messi scored 672 goals from 779 matches for Barcelona. He lifted 41 trophies, including 10 La Liga titles, scoring 40 or more goals across 10 seasons. He famously scored a record 73 goals in a season in 2008-09, the first under visionary manager Pep Guardiola.

Now 38, Messi plays with Inter Miami in the MLS and still breaks scoring records. But who wouldn't love a famous reunion, a love story retold? Hope the Messi-Barca reunion does happen, and soon.

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