Barcelona icons Lamine Yamal and Lionel Messi are set to be united in 2027 before the youngster once again succeeds the Argentine in another ceremonial act.

Barcelona legend Lionel Messi has officially reached a world record 1,000 career individual awards after receiving the 2026 Princess of Asturias Award.

Messi received the 2026 Princess of Asturias Award for Sports in Oviedo. He said Barcelona means a lot to him and he feels special love for it. He holds Barcelona records of 778 games and 672 goals. He said goodbye in tears in 2021 and hoped to return one day. Barcelona congratulated him warmly after the ceremony.

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With his final game for Argentina behind him, Lionel Messi goes into international retirement regarded by many as the greatest footballer of all time. And rightly so. He won a World Cup in Qatar in 2022,

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Messi was given the send-off he deserved with Argentina. It is a different story with Barca, the club he is most closely associated with

Lionel Messi arrived in Oviedo on Thursday to receive an award and was welcomed by hundreds of fans lining the streets to catch a glimpse of the Argentina icon.