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Lionel Messi has given a new interview to Mundo Deportivo where he’s talked about his former club and had a pretty strong message for Hansi Flick’s Barcelona.
[The Catalan giants are currently top of the table in Spain](https://www.barcablaugranes.com/2024/12/3/24309880/mallorca-barcelona-la-liga-final-score-match-report-recap-reactions) and hoping to bring in some silverware after a trophyless campaign last time out.
Messi says he wants to see Barca back at the top of the game and has urged the players not to accept being second-best.
> “I hope that the club can return to what it always was. As well as being a world reference, which it never stopped being, always fighting to win titles until the end of each season,” he said.
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> “As a Barça player, you can never settle for being second or not winning, because the members and the fans demand the most from you.
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> “Being the best club in the world entails very high demands. I would love to see Barça win La Liga, the Cup and also the Champions League again. And in the years that it can’t, at least compete until the last moment.”
The GOAT also had a message for the club’s fans and admitted he’s missing them “so much” and hopes that “we can see each other again soon.”