Lionel Messi said his emotions spilled out after "a lot of things hurt me in the last few weeks", following his attack on Barcelona in an Instagram post after they sold Luis Suarez to Atletico Madrid.
It has been a summer of upheaval at Barca, not least because of Messi asking to leave the club before eventually reversing his decision, revealing exclusively to Goal that he will honour the final year of his contract.
One star player who has left, however, is Luis Suarez, who was allowed to depart Camp Nou by new manager Ronald Koeman.