The legendary Argentine professional Footballer, Lionel Messi is recently reported to have traded up his Number 10 Shirt for Numerb 30 at Paris Saint-Germain and because of which many of his fans as well as the football enthusiasts are wondering the real reason behind the same. Currently, the 34-year old Messi plays as a forward for the French professional league football men’s association, Ligue 1 club ‘Paris Saint-Germain Football Club’. The Six times winner of Ballon D’Or has spent most of his professional career with Futbol Club Barcelona as number 30, however, after his departure from Barcelona in recent time, we saw him wearing a number 10 shirt.
Lionel Messi Swapped Number 10 with Number 30
However, when his teammate, “Neymar” offered him the same number again, he declined. In France, the number 30 Jersey is given to the third-choice goalkeeper, so the question here is that why he traded in the number 10 shirt instead of number 30. On 10th August 2021, Tuesday, the Argentina forwarder, Messia joined the french football club, “Paris Saint-Germain (PSG)” and it has been reported that he has signed a two-year agreement with the team until June 2023 with an option for an extra year. It was said that he will wear the number 30 shirt, the same number he used to wore when he was young and started his career in Barcelona.
Lionel Messi’s Sentiments with Number 30
On 5th August 2021, it was announced from the side of Barcelona that the legendary Messi would be departing his presence from the club and three days after this announcement, a press conference was conducted from the side of Messi, where he affirmed his departure from the Barcelona with an extremely tearful and choked voice. Everyone knows how much Barcelona meant for him and any true football fan would agree to this that Barcelona has been very special to Messi.
He spent most of his career as a professional footballer in the Spanish football club. It is this reason why he opted for the Number 30 shirt over any other number. Number 30 holds a very special place in the heart of Messi, it is this number that Messi first wore in his first team, Barcelona. Messi was recently seen taking on the official website of PSG, where he stated that “I am excited to begin a new chapter of my career at the Paris Saint-German. Everything about the club matches my football ambitions.”
Messi has spoken several times that about his increasing displeasure with the direction of Barcelona on and off-field and it was this primary reason why he desired to leave Barcelona in the first place. Messi was offered shirt No.19 also, which is also his 2nd shirt number at Barcelona, however, he once again declined the same and chose No. 30 over anything, as it is pretty emotional.
