{"id":15206,"date":"2023-02-08T19:09:04","date_gmt":"2023-02-08T19:09:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/02\/08\/barcelona-became-known-thanks-to-messi-nobody-knew-about-them-before-matias-messi\/"},"modified":"2023-02-08T19:09:04","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T19:09:04","slug":"barcelona-became-known-thanks-to-messi-nobody-knew-about-them-before-matias-messi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/02\/08\/barcelona-became-known-thanks-to-messi-nobody-knew-about-them-before-matias-messi\/","title":{"rendered":"Barcelona Became Known Thanks To Messi, Nobody Knew About Them Before &#8211; Matias Messi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<article>\n<p>Matias Messi, the senior brother of Paris Saint Germain star player, Lionel Messi has berated Spanish La Liga club, Barcelona FC due to the manner in which his brother parted ways with the Catalan club.<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ad9d64b4d6df427abc58078a0d4b2eab\"\/>Photo: Leo and his brother, Matias<\/p>\n<p>According to a post by ESPN on their verified Facebook Page, the angry Matias Messi said that Lionel Messi played a huge role in the popularity which Barcelona football club enjoys at the moment. He said \u201cBarcelona Football club became known thanks to Lionel Messi and that nobody knew about them before.<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/24b2aafacc664eefb9045ef2cca08743\"\/><\/p>\n<p>It will be recalled that in the summer of 2021, Lionel Messi was unable to renew his contract with Barcelona football club due to the financial predicament which the club found themselves.<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/c2f3f24b1b964da99a85cd694751ee99\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Argentine captain went on to make a move to the French Ligue 1 as he put pen to paper for Paris Saint Germain. Despite parading football legends like Ronaldinho, Xavi Hernandez, Romario, Andres Iniesta, Riquelme, Cyruff, Maradona, Rido, Eto\u2019o etc, Messi\u2019s brother thinks that Barcelona football club was not popular until Messi joined the club.<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/8a459988bcd948fea0e40f6986c1b5b4\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Content created and supplied by: Nasagist (via  Opera<br \/>News )<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<p class=\"copyright hide\">\n<span class=\"content\">    ,  .   ,     .       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