:quality(85)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/infobae/IOWE3QZKYRPLFFX4WU7DKC3ZKM.jpg 420w "The first measure that Barcelona took after Messi's departure: they removed his billboard from the Camp Nou 2")
These are times of change for Barcelona. After more than two decades of a relationship that turned into one of the most successful in sports history, Lionel Messi left the Catalan club who received him at the age of 13 after not reaching an agreement with the board of directors led by Joan Laporta. It is thus that, while the Argentine star travels to Paris to sign the contract that will unite him for the next two seasons with him Paris Saint Germain, the first measure was already promoted after his departure.
During the morning of this Tuesday, Barça workers removed Messi’s image from the main signage on the Camp Nou façade, the stadium that vibrated with hundreds of thousands of people in countless local and international matches by the hand of the magical left-hander of the historic number 10 of the Blaugrana team. In this way, after removing Leo’s postcard, those who remained as part of the gigantography were Ter Stegen, Piqué, Griezmann and De Jong, the new banners of the group directed by Ronald Koeman.
With the use of a large mobile crane, the banner was removed which, according to some Catalan media, could be replaced by two possible players from the current Barcelona squad. The first candidate on the list is Sergio Busquets, who will be the new captain of the team after the departure of Rosario. In second order, and taking into account that in the transfer market he became the star signing, the Dutchman Memphis Depay it could be the other option.
Before the confirmation that Messi will leave the club of his loves, the fans of the team received another bad news in the last hours. In the pre-match against Juventus for the trophy Joan gamper, an official club statement reported that Sergio Aguero He was not going to be among the 21 summoned that the coach presented to play the game due to “a tendon injury in the inner calf of the right leg.” Finally, 24 hours later and after undergoing several medical check-ups, the Culé institution confirmed that Kun will be out for more than two months due to this injury.
“The tests carried out on the first team player Kun Agüero have confirmed the tendon injury in the inner calf of the right leg. The approximate time of sick leave will be about ten weeks ”, explained the entity’s medical department. With this information, and understanding the recovery period that the injury will demand, the former Manchester City could only make his debut in October, missing much of the start of the season that will begin next weekend.
Barcelona will host Real Sociedad at the Camp Nou, no longer the image of Messi on its facade, for the first day of the Spanish league, in what will be a new adventure for a club that will no longer have the Argentine among its ranks, who made it a model club in Europe and the world.
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