There have been a lot of clamouring for an ‘organizing midfielder’ at Barca even with the presence of Ivan Rakitic after midfield maestro Xavi Hernandez moved to Qatar. Xavi was the cornerstone of everything that Barcelona did on the pitch and as the team’s ‘metronome’ he dictated the tempo with which the team will play.

Lionel Messi lifted Barcelona out of their recent malaise with a magical display as his side beat Tottenham Hotspur 4-2 in a thrilling Champions League Group B clash at Wembley on Wednesday.

Former Barcelona, Tottenham and England forward Gary Linekar has heaped praise on Lionel Messi before Barcelona’s Champions League tie against his former club Tottenham.

Lionel Messi has not revealed his plans with the national team and had decided to sit out games, opting only to inform national team interim coach Lionel Scaloni about his plans, who himself had previously admitted that he was waiting for Messi to come back to the national team at some point.

Lionel Messi was left off the shortlist for the FIFA's men's player of the year award on Monday as his old rival Cristiano Ronaldo was named alongside Luka Modric and Mohamed Salah.

Lionel Messi decided to take a temporary break from Argentina national team with several media reports claiming that he will not be available for the national team this year.

French midfielder Paul Pogba says that Lionel Messi will continue being the best and forever remain in the minds of football lovers.

With hands on hips, eyes bleary and lips quivering, he looks on after losing another crunch match.

Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo could face off in the quarterfinal stage of the World Cup given both Argentina and Portugal defeat Round of 16 opponents France and Uruguay respectively.

Lionel Messi lives on in the World Cup, at least for another match in Russia.

Argentina coach Jorge Sampaoli had words of praise for all his players but especially for his captain and star man Lionel Messi after their victory against Nigeria which ensured that the Albiceleste avoided an embarrassing Group Stage exit.

A relieved Lionel Messi believes Argentina deserve their place in the last 16 of the World Cup after being saved by Marcos Rojo's late winner against Nigeria as they avoided an embarrassing group-stage exit.

After Argentina's terrible start to the World Cup, Barcelona forward Lionel Messi has declared that he is ready to fight in order to qualify for the round of 16 and confirmed that he will not retire without having won the World Cup.

Regardless of what happens to Argentina at this World Cup, Lionel Messi needs to free himself of the burden of being the Albiceleste’s only hope and play his own game – with the ferocity we have come to expect from the Barcelona great.

Argentine star Lionel Messi’s official Facebook page posted a video, that includes Bangladeshi fans who support and express their love for Messi as well as Argentina for 2018 FIFA World Cup.

Croatia are obviously going to have a scheme to thwart Argentina captain Lionel Messi from having as little influence in the outcome of the match as possible. However, the schemes to work, their needs to be ideas.

The Spartak Moscow Arena turned into a theatre of dreams for World Cup debutants Iceland when they held two-time champions Argentina to a 1-1 draw.

Around 400 eager fans turned out at Argentina's World Cup base camp to catch a glimpse of Lionel Messi and his teammates at an open training session.

Standing at 167 cm, Cristian Pavon can turn out to be Messi’s best helper at the upcoming Russia World Cup.

Barcelona talisman Lionel Messi says that PSG forward and former Barca teammate Neymar joining Real Madrid would be a bad blow for his club.