The forward landed in Catalonia on 4 August to sign a new contract and then he was gone amid tears and recrimination Even when it was official , it didnt seem real. Even when it was repeated, the president standing there saying so, it didnt ring true. Even after all those warnings, everyone clung to the hope that there might be some solution. Which there was right before there wasnt. At about 9pm on 4 August, Lionel Messi
