October 16 - 20 years since Lionel Messi's Barcelona LaLiga debut - video Dailymotion

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00:00Messi is doing what he did for the club Barcelona is something incredible.

00:07It's a pleasure and a pride that we play together.

00:10I can't be more proud of everything I did and lived in this city.

00:30I can't say more because I think the level that Leo has for many years,

00:51during many games he has equalized Xavi.

00:56On Sunday he will have one more game than Xavi.

01:01He is the most important man in the history of Barça.

01:06Thank God he is still with us.

01:09I always said that I wanted to finish my career here,

01:12but I always said that I wanted a winning project,

01:15that I wanted to continue winning titles with the club

01:18and to continue increasing the legend of the club in terms of titles.

01:38Messi is the greatest in football.

01:42What he is doing for the club once again.

01:45It's always difficult to compare him to other people like Cruyff, Pelé, Maradona,

01:52but what I saw in the last 15-20 years of Messi is something incredible, really special.

02:02Last year, when the whole mess of the Burafá started,

02:07I knew what I had to say.

02:11I was convinced, but not this year.

02:16This year my family and I were convinced that we were going to continue here,

02:23that we were going to continue in our home, which was what we wanted the most.

02:28But well, today I have to say goodbye to this.

02:41To be continued...