Tag: Messi
Messi magic, Sheriff’s shock win and a tribute to Roger Hunt – Football Weekly
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Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning, Mark Langdon and Philippe Auclair to review Tuesday’s Champions League ties and pay tribute to Roger Hunt How to listen to podcast...
European roundup: Icardi scores late PSG winner after Messi substituted
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A late Mauro Icardi strike earned Paris Saint-Germain a last-gasp 2-1 home victory against Lyon, with Lionel Messi making limited impact on his Parc des Princes debut. Icardi headed home from Kylian Mbappé’s cross fou...
Cry with me, Argentina: teary Messi delights fans and breaks Pelé’s record
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Lionel Messi broke down in tears of joy after scoring three goals against Bolivia in a World Cup qualifier played in Buenos Aires’s Monumental stadium. The nation wept with him, in a communion of devotees relishing th...
Messi scores Argentina hat-trick to break Pelé’s international goals record
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Lionel Messi scored a hat-trick to give Argentina a 3-0 win over Bolivia in a World Cup qualifier, lifting him above Pelé as South America’s top male international scorer with 79 goals. Messi got the opener after 14 m...
Lionel Messi makes PSG debut at Reims but Kylian Mbappé steals show
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Now it is real. Lionel Messi played his first club match as a Not Barcelona player, entering as a 66th minute substitute for Paris Saint-Germain, who won at Reims thanks to Kylian Mbappé. PSG are adamant the pair will...
Football transfer rumours: Cristiano Ronaldo to join Lionel Messi at PSG?
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It has long been established that Lionel Messi is the tit to Cristiano Ronaldo’s tat. So a week dominated by news of the Argentinian’s arrival at Paris Saint-Germain was always going to trigger a reaction and, sure en...
PSG’s signing of Lionel Messi shows celebrity is trumping competition
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It gets to Sunday evening. You’ve done your chores. You’ve had your dinner. You’re tired. You have work on Monday. You just want something to stick on the telly while you flick through the papers or doze on the sofa. ...
‘It’s madness’: Messi relishing playing with Neymar and Mbappé at PSG
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Even Lionel Messi seemed wowed by the power of Paris Saint-Germain’s new strikeforce, as he described the prospect of combining with Neymar and Kylian Mbappé as “madness”. In scenes very different to his tearful adieu...
Lionel Messi heads to Paris to seal PSG move after agreeing two-year contract
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Lionel Messi has agreed a two-year contract with Paris Saint-Germain and boarded a plane to France on Tuesday afternoon to complete the transfer. The deal includes an option to extend by a year and gives the forward a...
Lionel Messi heading to Paris to seal PSG move after agreeing two-year contract
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Lionel Messi has agreed a two-year contract with Paris Saint-Germain and is due to fly to France to complete the transfer. The deal includes an option to extend by a year and gives the forward a net salary of about €3...
‘I wanted to stay’: Lionel Messi tearful at Barcelona exit as free transfer looms
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An emotional Lionel Messi has revealed he expected to extend his stay at Barcelona, but is now a free agent after financial issues at the Catalan club left them unable to pay the Argentinian’s wages. It was announced...
Lionel Messi leaves with Barcelona in financial abyss … and it is not over yet
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“I don’t want to create false hopes,” Joan Laporta said, but that was all they had left. Barcelona’s president had been explaining the reasons why they could no longer keep Lionel Messi, offering a portrait of bankrup...
PSG to pursue Lionel Messi signing after forward contacts Pochettino
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Paris St-Germain are confident signing Lionel Messi would be profitable in the long run and could sign him within a week, the PA news agency understands. Barcelona announced on Thursday night that the Argentina forwar...
Lionel Messi leaving Barcelona after ‘obstacles’ thwart contract renewal
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Barcelona have announced that Lionel Messi is leaving the club after “financial and structural obstacles” made it impossible to renew his contract. The forward, who has spent his whole career there, had been expected ...
Barcelona in desperate push to offload players and keep Lionel Messi
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Lionel Messi is unemployed. Don’t worry: he will still be at Barcelona next season, or he should be, and he will certainly be OK. The question now may be: will they? And if he plays at the Camp Nou, if they are able t...
Lionel Messi agrees new five-year contract to stay with Barcelona
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Barcelona are close to announcing that Lionel Messi has signed a contract to continue with the club. The 34-year-old has agreed a five-year deal rather than initial two-year extension that had been discussed. The cont...