Could he? - the full timeline of why Messi wants to leave Barcelona

Barcelona have suffered a horrid 2020 as a football team, a club, and an institution. The 8-2 battering sustained at the hands of Bayern Munich was a result coming for some time, and while its arrival was shocking for some, for many, it felt like the culmination of years of decline. Since the 0-0 draw with Madrid in the Clasico before Christmas last year, whatever could go wrong, has went wrong, and the most brutal aspect of it isn't bad luck, but rather the feeling that years of dereliction from the very highest level had made this inevitable. It should never, ever be underestimated to what extent Lionel Messi has papered over the many cracks. But this annus horribilis may prove too much to...