Barcelona working on Lionel Messi statue outside revamped Camp Nou stadium/ sport news
Source: espn.co
Title: Barcelona plans Lionel Messi statue at Camp Nou
Author: Adriana Garcia
Date: November 14
Page: N/A /online article does not include page number
Summary
Barcelona is planning to make a statue of Lionel Messi at Camp Nou. Barça president Joan Laporta said Messi “deserves the tribute at Can Barça” and added, “If Kubala and Cruyff have statues, it would be only fair for Leo to have his own. "Messi deserves the tribute at Can Barça, the most beautiful in the world, and also, along with the board of directors and his teammates, we always think that more has to be done for Messi," Laporta said on Friday during the presentation of a book about La Masia, Barça's youth academy.
Messi left Barcelona in 2021 because of financial problems and couldn’t have a proper goodbye due to Covid rules. Now he plays for Inter Miami and will stay until 2028. Messi posted on social media that he hopes to “return for the goodbye I never got to say as a player.” Regarding the proposed statue, Laporta added: "We're working on it; the family has to agree. When the time is right and we have the design, we'll bring it up. We would be very pleased, all Barcelona fans would love to have a statue of Leo Messi where the great figures in Barça's history are."
Who: Messi, Barcelona, Joan Laporta
What: Barcelona is planning a statue for Messi
Where: Camp Nou, Barcelona, Spain
When: Messi left in 2021; plans for the statue are now
Why: Messi is an iconic player and deserves a special tribute

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