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

A look back at Lionel Messi's time in Catalunya with October 16 marking 20 years since his Barcelona debut.

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00:00What Messi 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, which I have no doubt about.

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

00:51during many games, has equalised Xavi.

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

01:01so he is the most important man in Barça's history.

01:06Luckily 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 that I wanted to continue expanding 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 all the mess of the group stage was put together,

02:08I knew what I had to say and I was convinced,

02:13but 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 most wanted,

02:27but well, today I have to say goodbye to this.