Here are 10 sad stats from Messi’s debut season at PSG to illustrate he’s not been close to his best. Perhaps he needs to feel back home at the Camp Nou to reproduce his very best football. Having recently dined with Barcelona boss Xavi, alongside whom he won so much silverware, the Spanish press has gone into overdrive with speculation over a return to Catalonia next summer. The 34-year old is destined to end the season with a first league title since 2019 and many of his best displays for PSG have come in the Champions League – who knows what magic he’ll have in store for the knockout stages?īut when you dig into the numbers, it’s plain to see that Messi, during the 2021-22 season so far, has struggled to reach the lofty heights we’ve all been so accustomed for well over a decade. We certainly wouldn’t write him off just yet. The Argentinian icon might’ve been awarded his seventh Ballon d’Or only last month, in large part to his wonderful match-winning displays for Argentina at the Copa America, but on the evidence of his form in Paris, we have to ask – was that one last great hurrah for arguably the greatest footballer in history? Now, six months on at PSG, the unthinkable is unfolding in front of our eyes: Messi no longer appears to be one of the very best players in the world. Last summer, the unthinkable happened: Lionel Messi left Barcelona.

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