Barcelona president Joan Laporta closed the door on a possible comeback of Inter Miami star Lionel Messi to the Spanish club, after the Argentinian striker made a surprising visit to the Spotify Camp Nou over the weekend for the first time since he left the city in the summer 2021.

Before joining the Argentinian training camp in Alicante ahead of the friendly match against Angola that will take place on Friday, November 14, Messi and his teammate Rodrigo De Paul made an unexpected visit to the new Camp Nou over the weekend and sat down with SPORT.

"I am really looking forward to getting back to the stadium when it's finished because I moved to Paris and I never returned to Camp Nou. And then Barca moved to [the Olympic Stadium in] Montjuïc. It will be strange to go back and see it

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