Barcelona are Still Selling Lionel Messi Shirts After His PSG Transfer


FC Barcelona are still selling Lionel Messi's shirts at the club's official store in Catalonia despite the Argentine meastro already making the move to PSG.
Messi signed for PSG and met his new teammates on Thursday while indulging in a light training session.
As the Parisian club now begin to reap the commercial benefits of having one of the greatest footballers of all time in their team, Barcelona are looking to empty their closet of Messi's jerseys for the new season.
According to Cadena Ser, Messi's Barca jersey is bizarrely still on sale.
The club has not yet notified stores to stop selling Messi's Barça jersey. [cadena ser] pic.twitter.com/BHvp1i80wH
— barcacentre (@barcacentre) August 12, 2021
Messi began training with PSG on Thursday and soon videos and photos of him went viral, especially the one in which he meets and greets his one time arch-nemesis Sergio Ramos and later in the same video, is seen meeting his best friend Neymar.
Premiers pas et premier entraînement au Centre Ooredoo ! ✔️ #PSGxMESSI pic.twitter.com/fPjMbjM7YA
— Paris Saint-Germain (@PSG_inside) August 12, 2021
After his historical move to PSG, wishes started pouring in for Messi from big personalities from across the globe.
One of those big personalities was Basketball legend Stephan Curry who took to Twitter to welcome Leo Messi to PSG,
Messi has some good taste I see. Good luck at PSG my guy ?? pic.twitter.com/7Lj6S0tevb
— Stephen Curry (@StephenCurry30) August 10, 2021
Fans commented in huge numbers on the tweet.
Kylian Mbappe too tweeted his welcome to Messi stating, "Welcome to Paris, Leo."
Welcome to Paris, Léo. ?? pic.twitter.com/ZDO11HSVOw
— Kylian Mbappé (@KMbappe) August 12, 2021
Messi brought an end to an incredible 21 years at Barcelona. The Argentine maestro made the number 10 jersey legendary in our generation. He will now sport his initial jersey number 30 at PSG in the 2021-22 season.