Newell's Old Boys supporters are doing everything they can to ambitiously persuade wantaway Barcelona star Lionel Messi to return to the club.
Messi sent shockwaves throughout football on Tuesday after informing Spanish giants Barcelona, via fax, that he wants to leave the club on a free transfer this summer.
Manchester City have since sensationally emerged as front-runners for his signature but Newell's fans' certainly haven't given up hope of the six-time Ballon d'Or winner coming back to his boyhood club - where he spent his youth between 1994 to 2000.
The club's supporters flocked to the streets of Rosario in their numbers to put on a colourful parade in their bid to tempt Messi back to Argentina.
'Your dream, our desire', was a recurring slogan spotted as the supporters let off red and black flares and proudly waved the club's flag aloft while donning multiple forms of Messi merchandise during what was an electric atmosphere.
Messi came through the youth ranks at Newell's Old Boys between the years of 1994 to 2000 before eventually making the move to Barcelona a year later, where his career incredibly took off.
During his time at the Nou Camp, Messi has scored an astonishing 634 goals and created 285 assists in 731 appearances for the Spanish giants.
But he has now remarkably decided it's time for a fresh challenge after growing increasingly frustrated with the Barcelona hierarchy.
Right now it appears very unlikely that Messi would return to Rosario and the club's head of their English supporters club, Jamie Ralph, admitted that is the case.
'Personally I think it's a bit too soon, but what people need to understand is that Newell's have a bit of a track record of pulling flagship signings out of nowhere, and that's why people think it's not that impossible,' Ralph said.
'Diego Maradona was at Sevilla in Spain – he was only 33, so he was the same age as Messi – and he came back and signed for Newell's, which was unbelievable at the time. This was the year before the '94 World Cup.
'There's this real feeling that for players who come through the club, money doesn't matter, it's really the feeling to come back and play for their shirt again in front of the fans and really feel that you're part of that club again.
'There's a bit of romanticism going on. I do think Messi will play for Newell's one day, but personally think it's a little bit too soon.'
Meanwhile, Newell's vice-president Cristian D'Amico recently expressed his hope that Messi will one day don the club's colours again.
'I don't know if it is impossible. It is all up to him and his family,' D'Amico told TNT Sports.
'As directors we have to provide the best context possible to help him make a decision. When Maradona came to Newell's nobody thought he could come. I hope that something similar can happen with Leo.
'Obviously we shouldn't be making things up, this is a delicate subject. What Newell's doesn't dream of seeing the world's best player in their team's colours? Time will tell maybe, we have to stay calm.'
Hopeman
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Let's be honest all of us even just for once. Regardless of our different affiliations, choices of who our best players are. Messi is the first player in the history of football to have caused all this social media breakdown, not so? I can give u 1 week to go into the football history books to find a player, a single player who caused this much "noise". Can the 2nd best produce this much "chaos"? This is the stuff of the very best player. We all either love or respect, or both, CR7. Man, but he CR7 is no much to Messi's influence on football. We all have heard time and again that the club is bigger than any player. Messi is the first exception, and probably the last, to this famous saying. Messi, what a player.
raynknight
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Protests in Catalonia , Parades in Argentina , Breakdown of Social Media , Whole world's center of attraction as COVID has taken a back seat just coz he is trying to leave Barcelona. - Feel Blessed Citizens , feel very very blessed coz The God of Football is coming ur Town 🤩😍 - This is Part of the History , Biggest Transfer in Football history is going to happen and people are going nuts over it and I'm no exception.
Amospablo2021
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I swear to u that Ronaldo is a player I cherish so much but I have never seen anyone like Messi ...this proved to me that even if he contest for president of Argentina today,he will win without doubt
MANDY92
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Messi is on another level. Everybody wants him, even Eyimba FC in my country here would welcome him
raynknight
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Messi has offers from :- - ▪️Baseball Clubs ▪️NBA Clubs ▪️F1 racing Teams ▪️Rugby Clubs ▪️Cricket Franchises ▪️Whole European Football clubs ▪️South American football clubs - This Man is the BiGGest Sportsman in the History. whole World is talking about him and trying to get a sniff of the GOAT. 🐐
Basacrstuy
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It will be good if Messi leaves Barca because all the player of Barca put a very pressure at Messi. If Barca loss fans abuse and mock Messi. Barca is abusing Messi and telling that plz stay Barca. All of Messi fans have to respect Messi's decision. Bescause Barca always put a pressure on Messi and humiliate Messi. Messi carreer is going down at Barca. So plz respect his decision. He have won to many trophies at Barca. He has done his duty. Messi is 33 now. So a Barca should give a chance to young talent player to replace Messi so at future Barca would won many trophies for Barca.
raynknight
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One Question , Have you ever seen a reaction and desperation of signing a Player of this level ?? The answer is NO. - Don't ever dare to compare him with others. He's beyond all these thinGs
GBZ_15
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Let's be honest all of us even just for once. Regardless of our different affiliations, choices of who our best players are. Messi is the first player in the history of football to have caused all this social media breakdown, not so? I can give u 1 week to go into the football history books to find a player, a single player who caused this much "noise". Can the 2nd best produce this much "chaos"? This is the stuff of the very best player. We all either love or respect, or both, CR7. Man, but he CR7 is no much to Messi's influence on football. We all have heard time and again that the club is bigger than any player. Messi is the first exception, and probably the last, to this famous saying. Messi, what a player.
bcz CR7 left realmadrid not after got beat 8-2
Yayasavage
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Let's be honest all of us even just for once. Regardless of our different affiliations, choices of who our best players are. Messi is the first player in the history of football to have caused all this social media breakdown, not so? I can give u 1 week to go into the football history books to find a player, a single player who caused this much "noise". Can the 2nd best produce this much "chaos"? This is the stuff of the very best player. We all either love or respect, or both, CR7. Man, but he CR7 is no much to Messi's influence on football. We all have heard time and again that the club is bigger than any player. Messi is the first exception, and probably the last, to this famous saying. Messi, what a player.
the only reason Ronaldo hasn't made this much impact is because he hasn't been in one club for his whole professional career unlike messi, and be honest we all thought messi would retire at Barca but that doesn't seem so that's y it has huge impact on the football world
Devin24/7
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Let's be honest all of us even just for once. Regardless of our different affiliations, choices of who our best players are. Messi is the first player in the history of football to have caused all this social media breakdown, not so? I can give u 1 week to go into the football history books to find a player, a single player who caused this much "noise". Can the 2nd best produce this much "chaos"? This is the stuff of the very best player. We all either love or respect, or both, CR7. Man, but he CR7 is no much to Messi's influence on football. We all have heard time and again that the club is bigger than any player. Messi is the first exception, and probably the last, to this famous saying. Messi, what a player.
the fact that you're using Ronaldo to construct your narrow minded argument says something about him. Goat🐐
liaacikmns
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Protests in Catalonia , Parades in Argentina , Breakdown of Social Media , Whole world's center of attraction as COVID has taken a back seat just coz he is trying to leave Barcelona. - Feel Blessed Citizens , feel very very blessed coz The God of Football is coming ur Town 🤩😍 - This is Part of the History , Biggest Transfer in Football history is going to happen and people are going nuts over it and I'm no exception.
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Kindly learn how to use the word "God" instead of "god" No one can be called God no matter how great they are... There's only one God👌
tauseef arshad
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Protests in Catalonia , Parades in Argentina , Breakdown of Social Media , Whole world's center of attraction as COVID has taken a back seat just coz he is trying to leave Barcelona. - Feel Blessed Citizens , feel very very blessed coz The God of Football is coming ur Town 🤩😍 - This is Part of the History , Biggest Transfer in Football history is going to happen and people are going nuts over it and I'm no exception.
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not trying to be negative here...but you do know that glorifying protests and parades at a time when the pandemic is out of control just shows how dumb people are and so are you...at least messi should speak out not and call for people to stop this protest and parades for their own safety...no point protesting for something if in the end you would die as a result of it...please consider my reply with a rational mind✌