La Liga president Javier Tebas announced last week that Barcelona have exceeded their wage cap and will therefore fall under a “special procedure” next season. Solve optimization problems revealed this to the Spanish magazine El Transistor, implying that Barcelona will need to make substantial financial adjustments in order to extend Lionel Messi’s contract, which … Read more
Samuel Eto’o has backed Kylian Mbappe to become a “new God” after Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi are “tired of giving us these joys.” Mbappe, 22, has been widely tipped to follow in Ronaldo and Messi’s footsteps as one of the next dominant football superstars. The Paris Saint-Germain forward, who has been heavily linked with Real Madrid, was in excellent goalscoring form for … Read more
Barcelona captain Lionel Messi has been named the GOAT by Twitter users ahead of Juventus superstar Cristiano Ronaldo, according to a new study. Messi and Ronaldo’s incredible on-pitch rivalry has led to both superstars competing in a back-and-forth battle for the world’s best player status for over a decade. Both the Barcelona star and Juventus forward are widely … Read more
A number of Argentina players decided to give teammate Lionel Messi a wholesome surprise on his 34th birthday. The six-time Ballon d’Or winner, who is currently representing his national side at the Copa America, was handed a birthday cake and several gifts on Thursday morning as the likes of Angel Di Maria and Nicolas Otamendi watched on. Messi’s Argentina teammates woke him … Read more
Alessandro Nesta has explained how Lionel Messi ‘mentally destroyed’ him during a huge Champions League clash. World Cup winning-defender Nesta will go down as one of the greatest centre-backs in football history. But the legendary Italian admits to being ‘mentally destroyed’ by Messi, who impressed him during a match between Barcelona and AC Milan back in the 2011/12 season. Image: PA … Read more
Barcelona have been rocked by a warning from La Liga that Lionel Messi’s registration may be denied unless there’s some serious changes at the club. Messi’s contract at Barcelona is set to expire at the end of the month, when he’d be free to walk away and join another club, and he is yet … Read more
Lionel Messi pulled off an outrageous nutmeg during Argentina’s 1-0 win over Paraguay in the Copa America. Victory for Argentina in the early hours of Tuesday morning means they’ve qualified for the knockout stages with a game to spare. Late in the game, Messi decided to have some fun and he casually snatched the souls of two different players. Angel … Read more
N’Golo Kante has been tipped to win the 2021 Ballon d’Or after accomplishing a feat last season that neither Cristiano Ronaldo nor Lionel Messi has managed. That is according to former Manchester United striker Louis Saha, who claimed it would not be a “scandal” if Kante scooped the Ballon d’Or award. Kante, 30, played an instrumental role in Chelsea’s … Read more