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Lionel Messi leaves hometown deflated

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Football - LaLiga Santander - FC Barcelona v Alaves - Camp Nou, Barcelona, Spain - August 18, 2018. Barcelona's Lionel Messi celebrates scoring their third goal. [REUTERS/Albert Gea/File Photo]

Rosario had dared to dream, but was left disappointed after the Argentine city’s most celebrated son Lionel Messi announced he was staying at Barcelona.

When Messi told the Spanish giants last week he wanted to quit the club, some back in his home town and at Newell’s Old Boys, the club where he played junior football, allowed themselves to imagine the 33-year-old superstar returning home to play for his boyhood team.

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