10 - Lionel Messi - v3

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DonAK said:
Rumours going around that Messi might get an improved contract with performance based bonuses. It's a rumour and could well be complete BS like so many times before, but if it is true, then I really hope it does not happen.

It would look incredibly stupid if his contract is improved after all the fuss about Faus' statement and Messi's denial about wanting that.
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Anyone who thought Messi wouldn't get renewed again after Ronaldo's renewal is living in a "Messi would even play for free for Barca because he's thankful for everything the club has done for him" bubble. Messi's connections are out in full force for a while now and putting pressure on the club.

Zanetti: "Messi would be ideal for Inter."

Zabaleta: "He asked me a lot about City."

And all the other strange rumours that have come out ever since Ronaldo's renewal, like Adidas paying half of his release clause to move him to Bayern which both Bayern and Adidas had to deny.

I'm just surprised people thought it's Rosell trying to force Messi out when the most logical conclusion is rather Messi and his entourage wanting a pay rise like every other footballer in the world. :lol:
 
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So Leo was voted best player of 2013 by The Guardian
There explanation was spot on :

Maybe the best way to put it is that when Lionel Messi is missing, as he has been too frequently over recent months, it can seem that football is missing its principal showman. He is the player you always want on the ball and, as soon as it arrives, there is always that instantaneous burst of expectation. It is rare in the extreme and though Diego Maradona will always have nostalgia on his side, Messi’s output is prodigious enough to give oxygen to all the arguments about their immense qualities. All that can currently be said is that Messi is the only player in the past quarter of a century who has made the debate legitimate. By now, you will be familiar with the gifts that make him a giant of his sport: the balance, the speed off the ground, the way he sees everything on the perimeters of a pitch and takes the art of dribbling to its highest level. They say left feet are educated. Well, there is nothing in the world that Messi’s does not seem to know. But there is also something about Messi that does not get talked about enough amid the avalanche of statistics identifying his position as a formidable collector of goals. Messi has won the Ballon d’Or in four consecutive seasons and though Cristiano Ronaldo might knock him off the perch next month, the Argentinian is on the shortlist again to make it five. Just consider the hunger and drive that goes into maintaining that level of consistent excellence. It is not the peacock-like spreading of feathers that make Messi an authentic great, it his attitude and commitment. What we have now is a player for whom a goal drought means two or three games without scoring. Opponents will flood midfield to try to smother him. They will kick him, and chop him, and surround him, but it rarely works. And Barcelona are great for it. A team with Xavi Hernández, Andrés Iniesta and so many others will never be on nodding terms with ordinariness, but just look at what happened last season when Messi went into their Champions League tie against Bayern Munich with a damaged hamstring, then was not risked in the second leg. It is Messi, always, who shines the brightest out of the constellation of star footballers at Camp Nou
 
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Yannick03 said:
So Leo was voted best player of 2013 by The Guardian
There explanation was spot on :

Maybe the best way to put it is that when Lionel Messi is missing, as he has been too frequently over recent months, it can seem that football is missing its principal showman. He is the player you always want on the ball and, as soon as it arrives, there is always that instantaneous burst of expectation. It is rare in the extreme and though Diego Maradona will always have nostalgia on his side, Messi’s output is prodigious enough to give oxygen to all the arguments about their immense qualities. All that can currently be said is that Messi is the only player in the past quarter of a century who has made the debate legitimate. By now, you will be familiar with the gifts that make him a giant of his sport: the balance, the speed off the ground, the way he sees everything on the perimeters of a pitch and takes the art of dribbling to its highest level. They say left feet are educated. Well, there is nothing in the world that Messi’s does not seem to know. But there is also something about Messi that does not get talked about enough amid the avalanche of statistics identifying his position as a formidable collector of goals. Messi has won the Ballon d’Or in four consecutive seasons and though Cristiano Ronaldo might knock him off the perch next month, the Argentinian is on the shortlist again to make it five. Just consider the hunger and drive that goes into maintaining that level of consistent excellence. It is not the peacock-like spreading of feathers that make Messi an authentic great, it his attitude and commitment. What we have now is a player for whom a goal drought means two or three games without scoring. Opponents will flood midfield to try to smother him. They will kick him, and chop him, and surround him, but it rarely works. And Barcelona are great for it. A team with Xavi Hernández, Andrés Iniesta and so many others will never be on nodding terms with ordinariness, but just look at what happened last season when Messi went into their Champions League tie against Bayern Munich with a damaged hamstring, then was not risked in the second leg. It is Messi, always, who shines the brightest out of the constellation of star footballers at Camp Nou
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They got that right, wonder if this article will convince the crazy Barca fans on this board who think Ronaldo was better.

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