Ariedo Braida does not expect a talismanic
presence to walk away from Catalunya any time
soon, but admits a stunning switch could happen at
some stage Lionel Messi leaving Barcelona is “not impossible”, admits former club director Ariedo Braida, with it
suggested that the mercurial Argentine could line
up in the same team as eternal rival Cristiano
Ronaldo. Exit talk has started to build around the six-time
Ballon d’Or winner once more and, not for the first
time, a potential reunion with Pep Guardiola at Manchester City has been mooted , with Messi considered by some to be growing
disillusioned with life at Camp Nou. There has been no indication from the man himself
that he is looking for a move, but there is a break clause in his current contract which can be
triggered at the end of any given season . MORE TEAMS  Barca had been hoping to agree fresh terms with
their skipper and remove any uncertainty regarding his future,
but no deal has been done as yet. Braida concedes that the door is being left open for
a one-club man to take on a new challenge at the
age of 32, but he is not expecting a change of
scenery to be sought. "Messi is an extraordinary player, he's doing very
well at Barcelona," Braida told Radio anch'io sport. "He's been there since he was 13 and he lives with
his family. "It's difficult for him to leave, but not impossible." There are few clubs in world football that could
afford to finance a move for Messi if he were to
become available. It has, however, been suggested that he could one
day head for MLS and link up with an ambitious project such as that being pieced together by David
Beckham at Inter Miami. Ronaldo, who is currently starring for Juventus in Serie A, has also seen a switch to the United States talked up at various intervals. It could be that a dream team is forged on
American soil, or elsewhere, with Braida conceding
that two modern-day icons could work well
together in the same starting XI. He added: "They are two such good players that
with good work they could work. "They can play together." Messi and Ronaldo have spent the vast majority of
their respective careers to date scrapping against
one another, rather than working in tandem. Their battle for personal supremacy in the global
game has thrilled audiences for well over a decade,
with the pair boasting 11 Golden Balls and
countless records between them.