Lionel Messi told Argentina players to stop teasing Alexis Mac Allister over being ginger because he didn’t like it. The Brighton star received his first call up to the Argentina national team in August 2019 and had the pleasure of working with the country’s captain and all-time goalscorer in training. Mac Allister made his debut for …
Barcelona defender Gerard Pique was not invited to a reunion dinner with Lionel Messi, amid reports of a breakdown in the relationship between the two former team-mates. Messi left Barcelona to join Paris Saint-Germain in the summer but has endured a frustrating start to his new to life in France, scoring just once in his …
Lionel Messi may not be having the greatest season at Paris Saint-Germain but there’s no doubting his genius. It was just last month that the Argentine collected his SEVENTH Ballon d’Or, moving two ahead of eternal rival Cristiano Ronaldo. Every football fan should consider themselves fortunate to have lived in the same era of the man. …
Lionel Messi may be known as the greatest footballer of all time to many fans, but he’s also proved time and time again he’s one of the greatest human beings. As a child, Messi had a difficult start to life, growing up in Argentina at a time when the country was on the brink of economic …
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Lionel Messi has found goals hard to come by this season – but it’s not for the want of trying. The Argentina international has scored just once his 12 Ligue 1 appearances, despite having 44 attempts on goal. Messi now has the second-worst shots-to-goals ratio of any player to have scored in Europe’s top five …
Lionel Messi certainly hasn’t found the going easy at Paris Saint-Germain. The Barcelona legend has scored just one Ligue 1 goal in 2021/22 and lot of his performances have been sub-par at best. Many expected Messi to tear defences to shreds for fun with the French outfit, but that certainly hasn’t been the case thus far. There were a …
Barcelona aren’t exactly loving life with Lionel Messi. While there is quiet promise surrounding the Xavi era with top young players like Pedri, Gavi and Ansu Fati coming through, it’s certainly not all sunshine and rainbows at Camp Nou just yet. Not only are the Blaugrana still wading through the financial crisis that meant they …
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Lionel Messi is one of the final three nominees to win the the Best FIFA Men’s Player award. The Paris Saint-Germain superstar, Robert Lewandowski and Mohamed Salah are the final trio of players battling it out to win the coveted accolade. The winner will be named on Monday evening. Lewandowski is the current holder of the award, while Messi won it for …
Three years ago, Aston Villa’s Philippe Coutinho was given a good luck charm by then-Barcelona teammate Lionel Messi. Coutinho was struggling for form at the time. Messi, as Barcelona captain, tried to support the Brazilian playmaker and even allowed him to take a penalty in a Copa del Rey tie against Sevilla. “Leo’s gesture shows how great …
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Lionel Messi is one of the greatest footballers to have ever lived – there can be no denying it. The Argentinean superstar redefined what we mean when we say the ‘beautiful game’ and has broken just about ever record there is to to break. He has scored goals that have defied physics while making some of …