In a new study by the CIES Football Observatory, the 25-year-old emerges as the most valuable footballer on the planet, ahead of Messi and Tottenham duo Harry Kane and Dele Alli based on certain key criteria
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It means that fans wearing a Lionel Messi or Neymar shirt will go to jail in the Saudi Kingdom
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Messi joined FC Barcelona at the age of 13 and made his first team debut at 17
It’s just the second time Messi has won the award since it was introduced ahead of the 2013-14 season
The Barcelona forward will tie the knot on June 30 in the suburb of Arroyo Seco in the pair’s hometown of Rosario in north-eastern Argentina
According to AFP, so many people wanted their photo taken with him, the police had to whisk him away to the station and impound his car to halt the chaos
Unsurprisingly, club colleagues and fellow countrymen figure prominently in his haul, with a few Real Madrid shirts thrown into the mix as well despite their intense rivalry with Barca
Contrary to expectations, Villarreal failed to offer resistance to the attacking Barcelona trio
Messi sat out one match under the terms of the suspension, a 2-0 loss to bottom-dwelling Bolivia on March 28
The defending champions are now three points clear of Real Madrid, who have played two games fewer and faced Deportivo la Coruna on Wednesday in a match they won
The win takes Barcelona to the top of the La Liga table
The Italian champions recorded a 3-0 victory in the first leg on home soil last week
The Italian champions have put one foot in the semi-finals ahead of the return match at Camp Nou next week
With the 4-2 victory at Leganes, Zinedine Zidane’s Real Madrid side have made it 203 competitive goals for the season
There was pressure on Luis Enrique’s side to deliver without the services of La Liga’s 25-goal leading scorer Messi, who was serving a one-match ban
The 29-year-old Barca forward was suspended by world football ruling body FIFA for directing “insulting words” at an assistant referee during Thursday’s 1-0 win over Chile
The first match for which the sanction will apply is the next fixture in the preliminary competition of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia between Bolivia and Argentina, which will be played on March 28 (today)
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the win put them back in the automatic qualifying spots for next year’s finals in Russia
Barcelona went after the Ligue 1 giants from the very first whistle
A report released by HookIt – a company dedicated to monitoring accounts for sports stars and organisations – claims Ronaldo has become the first sportsman in the world to break the 200 million follower mark across Twitter, Facebook and Instagram