{"id":293435,"date":"2023-09-21T22:35:54","date_gmt":"2023-09-21T22:35:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=293435"},"modified":"2023-09-21T22:35:54","modified_gmt":"2023-09-21T22:35:54","slug":"lionel-messi-reveals-barcelona-significance-behind-all-black-leg-ink","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/lionel-messi-reveals-barcelona-significance-behind-all-black-leg-ink\/","title":{"rendered":"Lionel Messi reveals Barcelona significance behind all-black leg ink"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Lionel Messi reveals Barcelona significance behind his all-black leg ink: &#8216;I got this tattoo to show my love for the club that made me what I am&#8217;<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li>Lionel Messi\u00a0spent 21 years playing for Barcelona before leaving for PSG in 2021<\/li>\n<li><b>Two years on, Messi opened up on his tattoo dedicated to the Spanish giants\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li><strong>DailyMail.com provides all the latest international sports news<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Lionel Messi demonstrated his love for his former team, Barcelona, by opening up on his tattoo dedicated to the Spanish giants.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The 36-year-old spent 21 years at his boyhood club, Barcelona, before leaving for Paris Saint-Germain in 2021 amid the Catalans&#8217; financial troubles.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But, despite his Nou Camp exit, two years on, the Inter Miami star still holds the Blaugrana dear.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Now plying his trade in the US, Messi sports a number of tattoos, most noticeably one on his left leg.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The heavily-inked soccer star&#8217;s shin is entirely covered in black ink with the number 10, the FC Barcelona crest, a soccer ball and the Argentina FA badge.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/21\/19\/75699483-0-image-a-6_1695322731098.jpg\" height=\"310\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Lionel Messi opened up on the significance of his all-back tattoo on his left calf\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/21\/19\/75699313-0-image-a-8_1695322740571.jpg\" height=\"417\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The 36-year-old spent 21 years at Barcelona before leaving for Paris Saint-Germain in 2021<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/21\/19\/75699603-0-image-a-7_1695322737583.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The heavily-inked soccer star&#8217;s shin is entirely covered in black ink with the number 10, the FC Barcelona crest, a soccer ball and the Argentina FA badge<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with Argentinian comedian Migue Granados, the World Cup winner opened up on its significance.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I got this tattoo to show my love for the club that made me what I am,&#8217; he said, in reference to the Barcelona crest amid the ink.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It turned out well: ball, 10, Argentina, Barca,&#8217; he joked as he explained that he had gotten the design to replace a former tattoo.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I didn&#8217;t like the tattoos I had,&#8217; he said. &#8216;I had gotten them at a time when I was getting it done for the sake of getting it done. It was the typical thing of going to the tattoo artist: &#8220;Tell me what I can get done, ha&#8221;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;And then I transformed it a little. I got a few football-related things. What&#8217;s more, I would have to give it another go but at this point, but I don&#8217;t feel like it anymore [&#8230;] I more or less steered it, I fixed it a little, right?&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Messi then\u00a0poked fun at Granados&#8217;s tattoos, calling a couple on the comedian&#8217;s arms horrible.<\/p>\n<p>The seven-time Ballon d&#8217;Or winner\u00a0had all-but ruled out a move to the US after his family set their heart on a return to Barcelona, but that became impossible because of the club&#8217;s financial situation &#8211; and the player has decided to take the Miami offer over the astronomical sums proposed by Al-Hilal.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/21\/19\/74097053-0-Messi_was_had_a_different_tattoo_on_his_left_shin_and_calf_befor-a-9_1695322758318.jpg\" height=\"452\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Messi had a different tattoo on his left shin and calf before blacking it out in later years<\/p>\n<p>Barcelona were convinced they could afford their former player&#8217;s $27m gross salary but because they are in excess of their La Liga-imposed maximum squad spend the club are subject to the Spanish League&#8217;s &#8217;40 per cent rule&#8217; meaning they would have to shed $107m from their wage bill to add $43m to it for another player.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The club&#8217;s president Joan Laporta assured Messi&#8217;s father Jorge Messi that the club would be able to do that but that it could take up until the end of the window on September 1 and Messi was not willing to wait.<\/p>\n<p>He was still smarting from the summer of 2021 when he came back from his holiday in Ibiza to sign a new Barcelona contract only to be told by the Catalan club that it had been taken off the table because of financial problems.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of a Nou Camp reunion, Messi made the move to Miami, in what marked MLS&#8217;s biggest coup, on a two-and-a-half-year deal thought to be with $50-60 million.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12546555\/Lionel-Messi-reveals-Barcelona-significance-black-leg-ink-got-tattoo-love-club-am.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lionel Messi reveals Barcelona significance behind his all-black leg ink: &#8216;I got this tattoo to show my love for the <span class=\"more-text\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":293434,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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