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Speculation over the future of a player who many regard as the greatest of all-time has continued to spiral during the 2020/2021 season.
Despite almost single-handedly carrying the Catalan giants to another La Liga charge, Messi and Barcelona were ultimately upstaged by Atletico Madrid and a striker who they deemed surplus to requirements last summer; Luis Suarez.
His good friend and former teammate Messi was granted early leave by Ronald Koeman ahead of the final day - fuelling question marks over his future.
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