Lionel Messi To Pursue Career With Different Club, Talks Twilight Years With Barcelona

Lionel Messi has revealed his desire to play for a different club and his thoughts about Barcelona as he approaches the twilight years of his career.

For more than 15 years, Messi has proven his loyalty to Barca. It is in this club where he became the all-time leading goalscorer with 606 goals. At 32, Messi is already entering the final years of his playing career and has been rumored to exit Barcelona soon.

However, in one of his most recent interviews, Messi addressed his relationship with Barcelona and insisted that he has no plans of parting ways with club, Soccer Laduma reported.

"I always said I don't want to leave Barcelona, I don't have the idea of leaving," Messi told TyC Sports.

Aside from establishing his legacy in Barcelona, Messi also revealed that he has been longing to take his talents to Newell’s. But the Argentine star is fully aware that it wouldn’t be that easy as he now has to take into consideration his family’s welfare.

"I have the dream of being able to play at Newell's in Argentine football, but I don't know if realistically it will happen, because I have a family that comes before my desire. It's a reality I dreamed of since I was little but I have a family, I have three children,” Messi explained.

“I live in a place that gave me everything and where I am calm, and I can give my kids a spectacular future. We think much more about that than my desire to play in Argentine football,” Messi continued.

At this point, Messi is still in weighing on his desire and his family’s future. However, it appears that the soccer icon is eager to pursue his Argentinean dream.

"I'll try to convince the family, because now you have to convince the kids too. Thiago is big now, he's got his friends and he doesn't like it at all when we go to Argentina for a month, he wants to be with his friends and it's all harder," Messi noted.

With 674 goals in 829 games for Barcelona and Argentina under his belt, Messi considers himself as not just a “typical goalscorer.” According to the legend, scoring is just part of his game as he prefers to be in a position where he could have “constant contact with the ball,” ESPN reported.

"I still think I'm not the typical goalscorer. I prefer to come from behind, to have more contact with the ball,” Messi said.

"I also like to get there in the box and score but I don't live off [scoring] goals. I like to be in constant contact with the ball,” Messi added.