Lionel Messi: Video showing PSG star 'left his heart in Barcelona' emerges after Real win

Lionel Messi would never have imagined that he would playing for Paris Saint-Germain a year ago.

While the seven-time Ballon d’Or winner made it pretty clear that he wanted to leave Barcelona in the summer of 2020, Messi made no secret of the fact that he had completed a U-turn just 12 months on.

As such, the irony to the heartbreaking situation at Camp Nou last year was that Messi departed when he wanted to stay having initially remained when he wanted to leave.

It’s a crazy scenario that many football fans are still getting their heads around with the sight of Messi decked out in PSG colours feeling a little strange on the back of 17 seasons with the Blaugrana.

Nevertheless, Messi is a model professional and has kept his head down with tireless effort since moving to the Parc des Princes, looking to move past his heartbreaking exit from Barcelona.

It’s not been all sunshine and rainbows for Messi in the French capital, that much is true, but the 34-year-old has nevertheless yielded tallies of seven goals and seven assists that aren’t to be sniffed at.

And although neither of those totals were added to during the Champions League clash with Real Madrid in mid-week, Messi enjoyed a historic night with the French giants nonetheless.

It’s been well-publicised that Messi wasn’t at his best during the 1-0 triumph in Paris with the Argentine star seeing his chance to open the scoring from the penalty spot thwarted by Thibaut Courtois.

However, Messi’s quiet performance, which was slapped with a 3/10 rating by L’Equipe, still helped PSG to take one step closer to the Champions League quarter-finals as Kylian Mbappe eventually notched a winner.

And that naturally sparked scenes of delirium around the Parc des Princes with the