.FCBarcelona fans were left reeling on Friday after the club announced that star striker Lionel Messi would be leaving the Camp Nou, where he has spent his entire professional career. LionelMessi Messi IOLSport
Full page photographs of the six-time Ballon d'Or winner were splashed across the front pages of Spain's newspapers, while regional newspaper El Periodico ran with the one-word headline"Unbelievable."
However, they failed to sufficiently reduce their wage bill to stay within La Liga's Financial Fair Play regulations.
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