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World Football: Messi moving, the Jacob Blake boycotts and Hiddink's Curacao

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Messi moving, the Jacob Blake boycotts and Hiddink's Curacao

27/08/2020 GMT

BBC World Service - World Football, Messi moving, the Jacob Blake boycotts and Hiddink's Curacao

We reflect on Lionel Messi's decision to leave Barcelona.

Mani Djazmi, Pat Nevin and Heather O'Reilly discuss Lionel Messi's decision to leave Barcelona and the week's other big football stories.

Mani Djazmi, Pat Nevin and Heather O'Reilly reflect on Lionel Messi's decision to leave Barcelona with Gaston Recondo, who was one of the journalists to break the news in Argentina.

With Major League Soccer joining Basketball and Tennis in calling off matches in solidarity with anti-racism protests in the USA, we hear from Colorado Rapids forward Kei Kamara and discuss the social consciousness in American sports.

And we'll hear why Curacao's footballers are dreaming of reaching the World Cup with former Real Madrid, Chelsea and Netherlands manager Guus Hiddink at the helm, from possibly the country's most-capped player, Gevaro Nepomuceno.

Photo: Lionel Messi of FC Barcelona looks dejected after Barcelona's 8-2 defeat to Bayern Munich in the UEFA Champions League.
Credit: Manu Fernandez/Pool/Getty Images

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