Messi is absent from promoting new Barcelona kit event

Baghdad – Sources
 
You’d think Barcelona would want their greatest ever player to help promote their new home kit.
 
But Lionel Messi was a notable absentee from Barca’s official website and social media posts as the Spanish club released their home kit for the 2021/22 season.
 
Barcelona presented their new shirt at the Camp Nou on Tuesday at a special event, with starlet Ansu Fati among players from the men and women’s team in attendance.
 
While it was no surpise that Messi wasn’t there – he’s playing for Argentina in the Copa America after all – he does not feature in any of the promotion for it.
 
Instead, Antoine Griezmann, Frenkie de Jong and Gerard Pique were the players chosen to front the new jersey.