Leo Messi: "We will fight for all the titles"

Lionel Messi, who has given an interview to Uefa.com, explained that "this year we will fight for all the titles." The Argentinian has acknowledged that last year "we were near the league, and especially in the Champions League, where he failed the penalty against Chelsea."

In any case, the Messi recalled that "we were lucky to win two Super Cups, the World Club Cup Cup and the Copa del Rey, very important tournaments although people do not value them as much."

Looking ahead to this edition of the Champions League, where the club opens against Spartak Moscow, Messi said "in the Champions are no affordable groups, from experience we know that every game is very complicated and that any team can win. "The superiority must must be show in the field," he finished.

Getafe 1 - Barcelona 4 Messi scored 2 goals

The circumstances forced Tito Vilanova to file an unusual alignment in the game against Getafe. It was because the name of Messi did not appear among the names written on the board.
Messi played the final half hour, enough time to score two goals and solve the game in a stadium always difficult for Barcelona.
Barcelona has given rest to his star and returned home with a solid win.

Barcelona also want Messi 'forever'

Lifetime contracts are one of the trendy themes in Spain.

After Cristiano Ronaldo, and Radamel Falcao names have been appointed to a lifetime contracts with their respective clubs, now it is Barcelona who expresses his desire to see Messi forever with the symbol of the club in his chest.

"We want Messi to retire at Barcelona ," said Josep Maria Bartomeu, Barcelona vice president.
The Argentine star of the team, has therefore a label pasted nonnegotiable.

Bartomeu left another idea: the end of Leo Messi career might not mean farewell to Barça. "If he wants, he can continue to work in Barcelona when he retire".

Lionel Messi gave an exclusive interview to 'ESPN'

Lionel Messi give an exclusive interview to 'ESPN' in which he had words of praise for Pep Guardiola, who he said was the head of the Barcelona conquered 14 of the 19 titles that chose the four campaigns he held the Barcelona bench. "It was important from the beginning, because we came from two years getting nothing, had a team that was bad moral, sad and he changed everything, his confidence, his desire, his way of working."

Questioned about the objectives for the season that has just begun, Messi admitted that although last year scored in all competitions he played for Barcelona 73 goals, would rather "make fewer goals and win more titles, but at the level of goals that was a unforgettable season  ".
"For me, hopefully this is similar, but I do not get any targets or think in a number" added the Argentinian star, who nonetheless stressed "that the more goals score, the better, and the more titles wins , much better."

Lionel Messi buy a Maserati MC Stradale

Lionel Messi Barcelona striker just changed his GranTurismo S for a brand new Maserati MC Stradale, an impressive sports car which for him is as a "utilitarian car" because it takes every day to "work".

As you can see in the picture Leo Messi exits the training with his team. The Maserati MC Stradale is the two-seater version of the Maserati Gran Turismo, and mounted a 450 hp V8 engine with a cubic capacity of 4,691 cc

Lionel Messi salary

Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are the two best soccer players in the world but surprisingly not the highest paid.
In a list containing the ten players who earn more income a year in their clubs, the stars of Barcelona and Real Madrid are in the queue.

Samuel Eto'o leads the ranking with its spectacular salary of 20 million euros in Russian Anzhi. In addition, the winner of the best player in Europe, Andres Iniesta, is not among the 10 top earners.


The 10 highest paid soccer plyers: (in euros)
Samuel Eto'o (Anzhi) twenty million
Zlatan Ibrahimovic (PSG) 14.5 million
Wayne Rooney (Manchester United) 13.8 million
Yaya Touré (Manchester City) 13 million
Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) 12.5 million
Didier Drogba (Shanghai Shensua) 12 million
Fernando Torres (Chelsea) 10.8 million
Darío Conca (Guangzhou Evergrande) 10.6 million
Lionel Messi (Barcelona) 10.5 million
Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) 10 million

Lionel Messi Biography

(Lionel Andrés Messi, Rosario, Santa Fe, 1987) Argentinian footballer.
Possessing exceptional technical ability, a devilish speed and inexhaustible inventiveness, since he came from the hand of their parents at FC Barcelona, 13 years old, made a dizzying career by the different categories to the first team, which debuted with just 16 in a friendly match against Porto.

In 2004, at age 17, played his first official match of the Spanish league. At 18 he got his international recognition: he was part of the Argentina, World Junior champion in the Dutch Under-20 Championship in 2005. But his true hatching occurred with the arrival of Pep Guardiola at Barca bench: during the four seasons in which he led the team coach (2008-2012), his goalscoring statistics reached stratospheric levels, contributing decisively to Barca's lived best phase in its history with 14 titles made ​​possible 18.
Almost unanimously considered the best player of the moment, his individual talent has been recognized for three consecutive years with the Golden Ball (2009, 2010 and 2011).

Known as Leo or Pulga (Flea), pointed his immense quality and when he was five and played in the club in his hometown neighborhood run by his father and been reaffirmed when, after seven years, started playing in the lower divisions of Newell's Old Boys of Rosario.

At 10 years old, Messi are about to make the leap to the club River Plate in Buenos Aires, he detected a delay in bone development caused by low levels of growth hormones, medical treatment was very expensive, the clubs would not afford it and his father, who did not have the necessary financial resources, decided to emigrate with his family to Barcelona, where he had presented a working option.
In September 2000, Leo performed a test on the FC Barcelona coach Carles Rexach was amazed by his football talent and, in effect signing a contract on a paper napkin, he joined the club, who took charge of the boy's treatment. Messi was then thirteen years and measured 140 cm.