Tag: Newell's

• Saturday, September 5th 2020 - 04:34 UTC

  Rosario still hopes Messi will return some day to play for Newell's Old Boys

  

  Argentina's third-largest city had dared to dream but was left disappointed after the city's most celebrated son Lionel Messi announced he was staying at Barcelona. When Messi told the Spanish giants last week he wanted to quit the club, some back in his home town and at Newell's Old Boys, the club where he played junior football, allowed themselves to imagine the 33-year-old superstar returning home to play for his boyhood team.

• Tuesday, September 1st 2020 - 08:00 UTC

  Argentine president would like Messi to finish his career in Newell's Old Boys

  

  Argentine president Alberto Fernandez has urged Lionel Messi to finish his career in his home country. The Barcelona forward spent several years in the academy at Newell's Old Boys in Rosario before moving to Europe as a teenager.