BUENOS AIRES - The news that Lionel Messi wants to leave Barcelona may have shocked the football world but his fellow Argentinians back his decision and they are excited by growing reports of a reunion with coach Pep Guardiola at Manchester City.
"It hurts me deep in my soul but that's it," he reportedly said of leaving Barcelona, his only professional club."The cycle is complete.""It seems to me this is the moment for him to abandon the comfort zone that he was in," Gustavo Lopez, a customs official walking in central Buenos Aires, told Reuters."This is a challenge for him.
Some of his career highlights at Barca came under the guidance of Guardiola, who is now City manager, and the prospect they might team up again is mouth-watering.
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