At the moment, Lionel Messi is quite simply the best in the world. Unlucky to come runner-up to Cristiano Ronaldo in the World Player of the Year award, Messi is proving his doubters wrong with a series of scintillating performances for Barcelona. The latest came on Saturday night, when Barca scored four second half goals to rout Numancia 4-1.
Messi grabbed two of those goals, taking his tally for the season to 14, and highlighting why he is so highly rated by followers worldwide. After pledging his future to the Catalan giants, saying he "would play for Barcelona until they threw me out", the Argentine wonderkid went on to partake in Barca's most entertaining performance of the season so far. And there is certainly no need to worry, Lionel, they won't be throwing you out just yet.
If they did, there would be a queue about as long as outside any job centre in England at the moment waiting to snap him up. Apparently it would cost $330 million to get Barca to accept an offer, and even then, he wouldn't leave. And why would he? Barca are running away with La Liga at the moment, leading closest challengers Real Madrid by 12 points. They were unlucky not to win the Champions League last season, reaching the semi finals before the World Champions had their way.
The business end of the season will definitely bring out the best and worst of many clubs at the top of the scale, and Barcelona are fantastically positioned to launch an assault on league, cup and European competitions alike. And Messi is desperate for success to really stake his claim as the world's best player. With Ronaldo's future at Man United still a little unclear, his performances have not been of the magical standard of the past two seasons, yet Messi is improving his all the time.
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