Overview

• Newell’s Old Boys officially unveiled the Lionel Messi stand at their newly expanded Estadio Marcelo Bielsa, raising capacity to 50,000 spectators.
• The stand bears the club’s social media slogan "Our home. The house of football history." to pay tribute to Messi’s roots in Rosario.
• Messi joined Newell’s youth academy at age six and departed at 13 without ever making a senior appearance for the first team.
• Supporters expressed both admiration for the tribute and frustration over an incomplete paint job on the lower tiers of the new stand.
• Despite reigniting talk of his dream to finish his career at his boyhood club, there is no formal update on Messi’s potential return.