Goodbye to all that

In many ways, it’s fitting that it happened in 2020. In a year that’s already seen Kobe’s death, the Olympics postponed and a historic NBA player strike in the playoffs, our grasp of reality was further tested last Tuesday.

It was one of those moments that you’ll remember exactly where and when you first got the news. I was in my room that evening, when my phone buzzed with a text from a friend — ‘Messi leaving Barca, I’m heartbroken right now’. In the last couple of years, there’s been at least one story about Messi’s departure in every transfer window, so my initial reaction was one of wary…