MADRID: When Lionel Messi won an unprecedented sixth Ballon d'Or in December last year, the speculation had already begun over his career at ...
MADRID: When Lionel Messi won an unprecedented sixth Ballon d'Or in December last year, the speculation had already begun over his career at Barcelona.
It marked the first time Barca had conceded eight goals in a game since losing to Sevilla 8-0 in the 1946 Spanish Cup. Even the appointment of former Camp Nou fan favourite Ronald Koeman as head coach last week could not convince Messi to stay. Lionel Messi could rejoin his old mentor Pep Guardiola, seen here together after winning the Spanish Cup in 2012, at Manchester City after requesting a transfer from Barcelona AFP/JAVIER SORIANO
Equally effective as a mesmerising playmaker or lethal goalscorer, Messi holds the records for most goals and most hat-tricks in La Liga and has scored more than 700 senior goals for club and country.But his greatest year was long ago. In the 2011-2012 season, under Guardiola, he became Barcelona's all-time top goalscorer at just 24 years old, breaking Cesar Rodriguez's 232 goal mark which had stood for 57 years.
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