![Messi has had a long-running feud with club president Bartomeu which intensified after Barcelona were humiliated 8-2 by Bayern Munich in a Champions League quarter-final [Albert Gea/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/b200a7725e8a481391d4e8808fa0cee3_18.jpeg?resize=570%2C380)
Club captain Messi takes swipe at Barcelona’s board after departure of fellow forward Suarez for Atletico Madrid.
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AC Milan forward becomes highest-profile Serie A player to test positive since play resumed in June.
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Despite measures to prevent spread of COVID-19, there has been growing number of voices calling for...
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The 53-year-old became the oldest player to appear in Japan’s top flight, eclipsing the previous...
![Cardiff-born Bale left Tottenham in 2013 to join Real Madrid for a then world-record fee of 100 million euros [Paul Childs/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/3ac2dda6e92d46e081c9be96ff1541d4_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Wales forward seals return to Spurs on a season-long loan deal on a seismic day for the Premier League football club.
![Football has been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic through fixture list chaos, empty stadiums and loss of TV rights revenue [Andrew Boyers/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/e74bfd561551437fb845b3bf277aef8c_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Figure accounts for third of the game’s global economic value with club and national game worth $46bn worldwide.
Argentine footballer Messi has changed his mind saying he is staying with FC Barcelona.
![Pinto faces charges such as unauthorised access to data, violation of correspondence, and attempted extortion [Rafael Marchante/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/e36b44ff7bc349338fa18964e00e6872_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Rui Pinto, who faces 90 charges, sees himself as whistle-blower on European football clubs’ big-money dealings.
![The 33-year-old Argentine told Barcelona last month he wanted to leave [Albert Gea/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/30b5ec6569d643698d3a1964650feb16_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
The Argentine footballer said he does not want to enter into a court battle with the club about his contract.
![Messi, who has been named World Player of the Year a record six times, has grown increasingly unhappy in the last 12 months with how the club is being run under Bartomeu [Phil Noble/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/c0bf6d0741f74ad3bc780d549590f086_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Jorge Messi landed at Barcelona to meet the Catalan club’s officials and discuss his son’s future.
![Messi has won 26 trophies with Barcelona, including 10 Spanish league titles [Jon Nazca/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/f6c1e25bc4b8486b970e7732f8e879ba_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Captain Lionel Messi tells Catalan club he wishes to leave after spending almost 20 years at Barcelona.
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English footballer handed a suspended 21-month sentence after his arrest on the Greek island of Mykonos.
![Bayern Munich players celebrate as captain Manuel Neuer lifts the Champions League trophy [Manu Fernandez/Pool via Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/de23e65950d645ada5bb54ceb73e36b1_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
German giants claim their sixth European Champions League title with 1-0 win over French club in Lisbon.
Paris St-Germain and Bayern Munich meet in Lisbon in the final of the UEFA Champions League.