Arguably one of the best players the game of football has ever seen, Lionel Messi has been a mainstay at the Spanish football club Barcelona for over 16 years. After a rough phase last year where Messi was forced to honour his contract, he is now all set to leave the club as FC Barcelona seems to be more focused on figuring out what the future without Messi will be.
The Argentinian has won a record six Ballon d’Or awards, a record six European Golden Shoes, and in 2020 was named to the Ballon d’Or Dream Team. He has spent his entire professional career with Barcelona, where he has won a club-record 35 trophies, including ten La Liga titles, seven Copa del Rey titles and four UEFA Champions Leagues. Messi also holds the records for most goals in La Liga (474), a La Liga and European league season (50), most hat-tricks in La Liga (36) and the UEFA Champions League (8), and most assists in La Liga (192), a La Liga and European league season (21) and the Copa América (12). He has scored over 750 senior career goals for club and country and has the most goals ever by a player for a single club.
Despite this amazing success, Lionel Messi was at loggerheads with the management of the club last year which led to the player putting down a request to be transferred and be relieved of his contract. The management managed to persuade him to stay on for one more year and complete his contractual obligations.
Often compared with another modern-day legend Cristiano Ronaldo, Messi has a solid fan base all around the world and clubs are currently lining up all their finances to try and be the one who can offer Messi the best financial offer to join the club.
Our sources who are close to Lionel Messi and his father, Jorge Messi, have claimed that apart from the usual suspects like PSG, Inter Milan, Borrusia Dortmund, Manchester City and Bayern Munich, there have been reports of an enquiry coming in from the Indian Super League or ISL. The ISL is India’s answer to the football leagues around the world and is not the preferred place for players of this calibre. The league is usually preferred by players who are no longer impactful on the international scene.
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