La Liga: Lionel Messi admits he almost left Barcelona five years ago

Lionel Messi was at his very best once again as Spanish giants Barcelona played out an impressive 4-0 win against Sevilla at Camp u on weekend. little master scored a sublime free-kick in 78th minute to put Barcelona up by four goals in front of home fans. However, in a recent radio interview, Barcelona legend Lionel Messi spoke about how he almost left Catalonian club amidst his £2.95m tax row with Spanish government five years ago. re were a lot of rumours around Messi's departure during that tough period in his career. Here are furr details about Messi's unsuccessful Barcelona exit.

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La Liga: Lionel Messi almost left Barcelona over £2.95m tax row with Spanish officials

LaLiga's all-time top scorer Messi has a tally of 609 goals from 692 appearances for Barcelona. In a recent interview with a Spanish radio, Argentinian spoke about how he almost left Barcelona due to his £2.95m tax row with Spanish government. Messi said that he was being mistreated and wanted to leave Spain due to issues with Spanish treasury. Argentine added that he did t like that his family was being subjected to undue pressure from external forces. Barcelona 10 ended up paying a reported £223,000 fine to Spanish authorities. One can only wonder where Barcelona would have been had Messi left Spanish giants Barcelona last season.

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