MESSI PDF, EPUB, EBOOK Guillem Balague | 672 pages | 01 Dec 2014 | Orion Publishing Co | 9781409146605 | English | London, United Kingdom Lionel Messi - Wikipedia Bale continues to butt heads with manager Zinedine Zidane and is the most expensive bench warmer in sports right now. The Welshman is an avid golfer and has pitched TaylorMade products and events on social media. In doing so it is robbing Lewandowski, who was the clear favorite to win. Across all competitions, the Polish striker directly contributed to 65 goals for Bayern Munich last season—55 goals and ten assists in 47 matches. In the Champions League, he scored in every match up until the final against PSG, which his team won on a lone goal by teammate Kingsley Coman. Off the pitch, he is one of the most popular athletes on TikTok, with 2. In July, he made his th appearance in goal in his ninth year with Man United and broke the club record for the most shutouts. All figures are converted to U. Transfer fees are excluded. Earnings are pretax. I spent the first half of my life trying to be an athlete so I could become the second woman after Mary Lou Retton to appear on the front of a Wheaties box. I failed at. I failed at that, and softball, basketball, volleyball, track, ice skating and cheerleading in the process. He scored 38 goals in 51 matches during that season, and he bested Ronaldo in the balloting for FIFA World Player of the Year honours by a record margin. During the —10 season Messi scored 34 goals in domestic games as Barcelona repeated as La Liga champions. Messi led Barcelona to La Liga and Champions League titles the following season, which helped him capture an unprecedented third consecutive world player of the year award. His landmark season led to his being named the world player of the year, which made Messi the first player to win the honour four times. His 46 La Liga goals in —13 led the league, and Barcelona captured another domestic top-division championship that season. In he set the overall Barcelona goal record when he scored his th goal as a member of the team. That same year he also broke the career scoring records for play in both the Champions League with 72 goals and La Liga with goals. Messi helped Barcelona capture another treble during the —15 season, leading the team with 43 goals scored over the course of the campaign, which resulted in his fifth world player of the year honour. He scored 41 goals across all competitions for Barcelona in —16, and the club won the La Liga title and the Copa del Rey during that season. Messi topped that with 53 goals for Barcelona in —17, leading the team to another Copa del Rey title. Messi scored 51 goals across all domestic competitions in —19 as Barcelona won another La Liga championship. Messi helped Argentina reach the World Cup quarterfinals, where the team was eliminated by Germany for the second consecutive time in World Cup play. At the World Cup, Messi put on a dazzling display, scoring four goals and almost single-handedly propelling an offense-deficient Argentina team through the group stage and into the knockout rounds, where Argentina then advanced to the World Cup final for the first time in 24 years. At the World Cup, he helped an overmatched Argentine side reach the knockout stage, where they were eliminated by eventual champion France in their first match. Something that he has mentioned in the past is how he wants to fairytale-like ending to his career with his childhood club, Newell's Old Boys. Perhaps it would help Barcelona in their desire to sell him if his goal is just to bring his time as a player to an end in his home country. Such returns have happened before such as with Carlos Tevez heading to Boca Juniors at just 31 back in , just a couple months removed from scoring 29 goals for Juventus. That being said, how he'd be received upon his return remains an interesting factor in this as he's been harshly criticized by Argentine press in the past for his lack of national team success. He's also cited his family and the radical Argentine fandom as reasons why he's apprehensive of such a move. Not winning the Clasico means a lot. Here you want to win but, if you lose, nothing happens. There, you can't leave your house if you lose," he told TYC Sports in If Argentina was a long shot, this one is even more so, but Messi heading to Major League Soccer is not entirely outside the realm of possibility. Once again, there's some precedent. David Beckham moving to Los Angeles Galaxy back in is an example of a player with one of the largest celebrities in the world coming to the United States to play. Naturally, this would be so much bigger than that, but Beckham being in an ownership position at Inter Miami means there's someone with knowledge of how to try and get one of the biggest to come to that league. Financially speaking, the money could be there with the upcoming World Cup, and it would absolutely skyrocket with his presence in the league. The last time one of the greatest to ever play the game came to America in such a capacity was when Pele played for the New York Cosmos in the s. The World’s Highest-Paid Soccer Players Messi Wins, Mbappe Rises Messi's future hinges on his desire to continue playing in Europe. Something that he has mentioned in the past is how he wants to fairytale-like ending to his career with his childhood club, Newell's Old Boys. Perhaps it would help Barcelona in their desire to sell him if his goal is just to bring his time as a player to an end in his home country. Such returns have happened before such as with Carlos Tevez heading to Boca Juniors at just 31 back in , just a couple months removed from scoring 29 goals for Juventus. That being said, how he'd be received upon his return remains an interesting factor in this as he's been harshly criticized by Argentine press in the past for his lack of national team success. He's also cited his family and the radical Argentine fandom as reasons why he's apprehensive of such a move. Not winning the Clasico means a lot. Here you want to win but, if you lose, nothing happens. There, you can't leave your house if you lose," he told TYC Sports in If Argentina was a long shot, this one is even more so, but Messi heading to Major League Soccer is not entirely outside the realm of possibility. Once again, there's some precedent. David Beckham moving to Los Angeles Galaxy back in is an example of a player with one of the largest celebrities in the world coming to the United States to play. Naturally, this would be so much bigger than that, but Beckham being in an ownership position at Inter Miami means there's someone with knowledge of how to try and get one of the biggest to come to that league. Financially speaking, the money could be there with the upcoming World Cup, and it would absolutely skyrocket with his presence in the league. Lionel Messi, one of the greatest soccer players the sport has ever seen, told Barcelona on Tuesday that he wants to leave after nearly two decades with one of the most recognizable clubs in the world. Barcelona confirmed to The Associated Press that Messi sent a letter to the club requesting to leave, but the club said that a legal battle could be coming and it won't automatically grant the Messi his wishes. Barcelona responded to Messi by saying that it wants him to finish his career with the team. It may be time to make room for a third. Mbappe is the rising hot shot of both the Paris club and the French national team, having amassed goals in all competitions since turning professional five years ago. The year-old is topped on the list once again this year by teammate Neymar No. It took FC Barcelona years to win 64 trophies before Messi joined in This year, he dragged the soccer world through weeks of cliffhanger drama as he fought with the club about playing out the final year of his contract. Ronaldo is the most popular athlete on the planet with million social media followers. The year-old Brazilian striker, one of the most polarizing players in the game for his antics on and off the pitch, quadrupled his pay and criticism when he traded playing alongside Messi in Barcelona for suiting up with Paris Saint-Germain in August This summer, Nike ended its relationship with Neymar, allowing him to sign with Puma. For the second year in a row, Mbappe was named the winner of the Ligue 1 Golden Boot, which honors the player with the most goals for the league. Salah has reached the goal mark across all competitions in each of the last three seasons at Liverpool, helping to propel the club to its first Premier League title in 30 years in He has the highest win rate of any league player to have appeared in more than matches. In February, the year-old teamed up with long-term sponsor Vodafone to become an ambassador for a UN program that brings digital learning tools to refugees in his native Egypt.