Former Barcelona captain Andres Iniesta admits he's sorry seeing Lionel Messi now in PSG colours.

Iniesta says he followed Messi's departure from afar as Barca allowed their greatest player to come off contract over the summer.

The Vissel Kobe midfielder told Goal: "I can only assess it from the outside, what happened or not is only known by the people who were directly there. It's strange for me, as it is for a lot of people I guess, to see Leo in another jersey.

"My wish would have been for him to continue, which was what we wanted, but sometimes things change, we have to take other paths and everyone goes their own way.

"Obviously, the situation that arose was not easy to understand. If I spoke with him? No."