A Short Tribute to the Greatest Legacy in Football

Michael J. Vowles
6 min readAug 13, 2021

Last week- on August 5th, 2021- it was announced that Lionel Messi would be leaving Barcelona. Three days later, he said goodbye to the club in an emotional press conference that- for me- was one of the most surreal moments I’ve experienced in football. Then, on August 10th, he signed for Paris Saint-Germain as a free agent. As regular readers of this blog know, I’m a Chelsea fan, but this news still…

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Michael J. Vowles

Freelance writer, occasional traveler, full-time ice cream taster. I run a blog at https://tumbleweedwrites.com where I ramble with enthusiasm.