BARCELONA/PARIS (REUTERS) - Barcelona fans gathered outside Lionel Messi's house on Monday (Aug 9) and spoke of their sadness at the club's greatest player leaving after 21 years, while Paris Saint-Germain fans eagerly awaited his arrival in the French capital.

A tearful Messi bid farewell on Sunday to the club at which he has spent his entire career and said he was talking with French club PSG over a possible move.