Lionel Messi: PSG star bought problem neighbours' house while at Barcelona

Lionel Messi is without doubt one of the kindest players in football. 

From paying medical bills to helping fund entire hospitals, the ex-Barcelona star has done more than his fair share of charity work.

Messi even opened his own charity, the Lionel Messi Foundation, which has been running since 2007. 

But that doesn’t mean the PSG star is as kind and forgiving to everyone in his life, as his ex-neighbours found out. 

Back in 2017 the Argentinian’s Barcelona teammate Ivan Rakitic revealed that the winger once purchased a neighbours’ house because they were too noisy for his liking. 

The Croatian midfielder claimed Messi wanted to ‘be alone’ in the exclusive town of Castelldefels. 

But with the amount of attention the superstar receives on a daily basis, you can hardly blame him for wanting some quiet time when he’s at home with his family. 

The 34-year-old lived in the popular suburb of Castelldefels for many years, as did his teammate Luis Suarez. 

The small town is around half an hour from Barcelona, so many footballers have chosen to live there in the past as it gives them a chance to avoid the hustle and bustle of the big city. 

Ivan Rakitic was another of Messi’s teammates who purchased a house in the suburb, and during an interview he spoke of the town, but also let slip that the Argentinian had previously had issues with neighbours. 

Rakitic claimed: “I did not have any problems with the neighbours, not like Messi in Castelldefels – he had to buy his house from the neighbours because they were noisy and so he could be alone.”

Messi was allegedly offered the house next door to his own when first moving in during 2013, but turned down the opportunity. 

However, the cash-strapped owners then chose to rent the rooms