{"id":2546,"date":"2026-04-16T17:27:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T17:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/?p=2546"},"modified":"2026-04-16T17:27:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T17:27:08","slug":"messi-buys-a-catalan-rival-club-near-barcelona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/?p=2546","title":{"rendered":"Messi buys a Catalan rival club, near Barcelona"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Sensational information from Spain. Lionel Messi bought a Catalan club.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>UE Cornell\u00e0 announced Thursday afternoon that the eight-time Ballon d&#8217;Or has become the sole owner. The Catalan club plays in the Spanish third division.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-messi-regne-pres-de-barcelone\">Messi reigns near Barcelona<\/h2>\n<p>Founded in 1951, Cornell\u00e0 has been playing for several years in the Spanish third division, where semi-professional football is played. The club is especially renowned for its efficient training center.<\/p>\n<p>David Raya, Jordi Alba, Gerard Martin and Keita Bald\u00e9 have joined prestigious clubs like FC Barcelona and Arsenal. <strong>Messi now reigns supreme in Cornell\u00e0 de Llobregat, a town near Barcelona.<\/strong> He still has a house there and plans to return to Catalonia after his playing career.<\/p>\n<p>Under the aegis of Messi, Cornell\u00e0 now aims <em>\u201cincreased sporting and organizational growth, with a long-term vision focused on talent development, stability and local roots\u201d<\/em>announced the club.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWe want to consolidate the existing structure while continuing to invest in the next generation of footballers. \u00bb<\/em><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8 BREAKING: Lionel Messi buys Spanish 3rd division club UE Cornell\u00e0. \u270d\ud83c\udffc<\/p>\n<p>Catalunya based club will be owned by Leo Messi for its 100%. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/urf1oCXgZe\">pic.twitter.com\/urf1oCXgZe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/2044796377939493127?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 16, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><strong>Messi wore the Bar\u00e7a jersey from 2000 to 2021 and rose to the rank of best footballer in the world.<\/strong> After a stint at Paris Saint-Germain, he began his final career chapter at Inter Miami FC.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>As the first fan of Bar\u00e7a&#8217;s opposing teams, I am passionate about rivalries between clubs. A former news and sports presenter, I am one of the thousands of football-loving journalists who strive to be objective in their treatment of information.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sensational information from Spain. Lionel Messi bought a Catalan club. UE Cornell\u00e0 announced Thursday afternoon that the eight-time Ballon d&#8217;Or has become the sole owner. The Catalan club plays in the Spanish third division. Messi reigns near Barcelona Founded in 1951, Cornell\u00e0 has been playing for several years in the Spanish third division, where semi-professional [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2547,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arsenal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2546"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2546\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}