‘We came really close to signing Messi’
Getafe president Angel Torres says the club came close to signing Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi on loan as well as having a verbal agreement to appoint Pep Guardiola as manager.
Lingard looked to model game on Messi, Beckham
Jesse Lingard claims to have tried to model his game on that of Barcelona talisman Lionel Messi and members of Manchester United’s fabled Class of ’92, such as David Beckham and Paul Scholes.
‘Messi is everyone’s dream, but he won’t leave Barca’
Former Inter president Massimo Moratti said Lionel Messi will not leave Barcelona, while he also discussed the future of Nerazzurri star Lautaro Martinez.
‘Sancho isn’t Messi or Ronaldo & should stay put’ – Freund
Jadon Sancho is ‘not like Cristiano Ronaldo or Lionel Messi’ and should be shunning interest from the likes of Manchester United to spend at least one more year at Borussia Dortmund, says Steffen Freund.
Messi: Barca can’t win Champions League playing like we were
Lionel Messi insisted Barcelona cannot win the Champions League unless they improve their performances, disagreeing with head coach Quique Setien.
Messi’s cousin reveals Barca star’s brutal introduction to football
Lionel Messi’s cousin Maxi Biancucchi has explained how the Barcelona star found a way to cope with being smaller than oppposition players from a young age.
‘Messi is top but Maradona is another world’
Lionel Messi ‘is top’, admits Fabio Cannavaro, but Diego Maradona is considered to top his fellow Argentine on any all-time list because the 1986 World Cup winner is ‘another world’.
Man City players joked about Messi and Ronaldo signings after takeover – Zabaleta
Pablo Zabaleta revealed Manchester City players were putting Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo up in the locker room after being taken over in 2008.
Messi won’t retire until he is nearly 40 – Xavi
Argentina captain Lionel Messi could play until he is almost 40, according to long-time Barcelona teammate Xavi.
Messi Ballon d’Or despite Van Dijk form – Stam
Lionel Messi is still the best player in the world and deserved to pip Virgil van Dijk to the 2019 Ballon d’Or, according to ex-Netherlands defender Jaap Stam.