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Lionel Messi shocked his fans over the weekend when he made a secret trip to Barcelona and posted a photo of himself in the club’s Camp Nou stadium. The Messi Barcelona trip wasn’t on anyone’s radar, not even the club’s, as the Inter Miami star visited the place he called home for decades.
Following his brace on Saturday during Inter Miami’s 4-0 playoff victory vs. Nashville SC, Messi and Rodrigo de Paul took a brief trip to Barcelona to see the progress on the Camp Nou which has been under construction for three years.
The two Argentine players will be training in Alicante, Spain, for the upcoming international break. Alicante is five hours south of Barcelona.
According to The Athletic, nobody at the club knew Messi was making a late-night visit to the stadium. Messi’s post of him standing on the field and caption on Instagram immediately went viral.
Messi Camp Nou trip
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“Last night I returned to a place I have missed with all my soul. A place where I was extraordinarily happy, where a thousand times you made me feel like the happiest person in the world. I hope one day I can come back, and not just to say goodbye as a player, as I never got to…”
Messi’s relationship with the club and President Joan Laporta is still rocky following the Argentine’s unexpected exit from the club in 2021 due to Barcelona’s financial problems. The Inter Miami star penned a new contract with Inter Miami that will keep him in the U.S. for another three years.
Should Messi make a return to Barcelona it likely won’t be as a player.
His quick trip to Barcelona still made all the headlines. He also made a random couple go viral when he happened to walk by in the background while they were filming a video.
❕Messi walking in the background of a couple’s video in Barcelona last night:
— Reshad Rahman (@ReshadFCB) November 10, 2025
