Paris Saint-Germain forward Lionel Messi has spent the last two days back in his home of 21 years, Barcelona, and on Monday night he was spotted having dinner with former Barcelona teammates Sergio Busquets and Jordi Alba.
Messi, 36, was back in the city to return to their home in Castelldelfells just outside Barcelona for a few days with his family. However he took advantage of his return to sample some of the city’s culinary delights alongside Alba, Busuqets, their respective partners, and former fitness coach Pepe Costa, as revealed by Jijantes.
This is the second known occasion that Messi has come back to the Catalan capital in order to eat with his friends and former colleagues in two months.
Messi is out of contract at the end of the season, and Barcelona have publicly declared that they want to bring Messi back to the club, even if no meeting betweeen the two parties has taken place during his visit.
Juventus coach Allegri: Napoli deserved the win; we stopped playing
Juventus coach Max Allegri accepted their 1-0 defeat to Napoli on Sunday.
Giacomo Raspadori struck for the Azzurri in a rollercoaster game.
“It's disappointing to lose a game like that, but we should've done better on the goal. We just stopped playing and absolutely need to do better in that sense," Allegri told DAZN.
“At that moment we needed technically-gifted players who could take men on. Chiesa will be in better shape next season, we knew that was going to happen after such a serious injury. Milik did really well, I had to rest Vlahovic after Thursday.
“It was a good performance, that remains, we conceded a goal like dummies. It's simple, just look at the move, we are at the 93rd minute and ought to have bodies into the box to defend.
“This is part of the growth process for players, something we take for granted. We were too slow and static in reacting to the ball in that situation.
“Napoli are a strong side and are about to win the Scudetto, it's sad, but we still have an advantage over the others in the race for the top four. We are still in the Europa League and Coppa Italia semi-finals."
He added, “I think Napoli absolutely deserved the Scudetto. We had some difficulties this season, especially after the 15-point penalty. We've still got a lead over Milan and Inter, so now we must pick up the points we are missing."