Messi's farewell to Jordi Alba: "To look to the left and not see you there..."

J ordi Alba is leaving football. The Spanish full-back, one of the best in the history of La Roja, is hanging up his boots. He announced his decision on Thursday and received the affection of a large section of the footballing world. Perhaps the most notable farewell was that of Lionel Messi. His teammate and friend with whom he has shared hundreds of matches both at Barcelona and Inter Miami, wanted to give him a farewell to remember. Messi tugged at the heartstrings in a message on his social networks with a lot of feeling

"It's going to be strange to look to the left and not see you there... Who will give me the passes back now?" commented the Argentine star who was instrumental in ensuring that the Catalan full-back ended up in Miami alongside Busquets and Luis Suarez as the great team built around the figure of the Argentine. "I'm going to miss you a lot, it's crazy how many assists you gave me all these years..."

The fact is that the Alba-Messi duo almost created a patented move with the classic ball over the Argentine's back for the Catalan, run and pass back for Messi to score at will. They did it so many times and so many times it was impossible to defend against them

Jordi Alba's departure is joined by that of Sergio Busquets , who announced his retirement a few days ago. Two Barcelona and Spanish national team classics who have ended their sporting careers in MLS following Messi's arrival in the American league

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