FC Barcelona captain Lionel Messi has shattered several records and amassed every club title on offer with the LaLiga giants but this hasn’t stopped him from sending a strong warning towards the rest of Europe.
Messi, 31, has won a staggering 30 major titles with Barca since graduating from the club’s academy back in 2004.
With 566 goals in 651 games, the Argentina maestro is also ranked as the Blaugrana’s all-time record goalscorer, which has seen him pick up the Ballon d’Or five times.
Despite the distinguished list of honours, Messi insists football fans have not seen the best of him and revealed what he’d like to achieve with the rest of his career.
Classy messi?❤ pic.twitter.com/l2ngG7JYx8
— Lional messi (@LionalM87) November 27, 2018
“My main goal is to keep growing and not to be content with what I’ve done, won or achieved,” he said at a promotional event for Unisports and Adidas.
“I want to get better each day and complete more objectives and win more titles.
“I consider myself very competitive. I like to win everything and don’t like to lose at all.
“I see myself more so as a player who controls matches, who participates a lot with the ball and who makes the play go more than I see myself as a goalscorer now.”
July 2018, Barcelona and Argentina forward Lionel Messi was voted the greatest footballer of all time, beating the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, Pele and Diego Maradona to the prestigious title.
In a four way poll, 26,104 people voted for their GOAT on Twitter, with five-time Balon d’Or winner Messi coming out on top with 44% of the vote.
Right, let us settle this… Who is the greatest of all time?
— SPORTbible (@sportbible) July 20, 2018
Juventus striker Cristiano Ronaldo was a close second, receiving 36% of the vote while Pele and Diego Maradona came in third and fourth with 15% and 5% of the vote, respectively.
Messi has however not been linked to any transfers .
Manchester City have refuted claims that they offered to triple Lionel Messi’s salary in a bid to sign the Argentina international from Barcelona.
The Premier League champions say there is no truth to the suggestion, which surfaced in Spanish newspaper Mundo Deportivo, that Pep Guardiola tried to persuade Messi to move to the Etihad Stadium on a deal that would have been worth more than £1 million per week.