Lionel Messi

The underrated Italian is near assured of winning the European Golden Shoe for the continent's top scorer

Argentine, whose deal expires in 2021, called his side "weak" and "inconsistent" after they lost the league title

33-year-old has spent his entire professional career at Barcelona with his contract due to expire in 2021

La Liga's longest season ended on Sunday after 12 months and an 11-game sprint finish with Real as champions

Argentine ended the campaign on 25 league goals, four more than second-top scorer Karim Benzema

Catalans will host Napoli on Aug. 8 in the second leg of their Champions League last-16 tie

Argentine made it 20 assists for the season in as the Catalans win 1-0 over Real Valladolid

Former Catalan defender van Bronckhorst hopes star finishes career at Spanish club

Catalans stay in touch with La Liga leaders Real Madrid with 1-0 win

Frustrated with the lack of direction at the club, Lionel Messi halted talks about extending his contract beyond 2021

Argentine's contract expires next year, has halted negotiations due to frustrations with the direction of the club

Argentine chipped in a penalty against goalkeeper Jan Oblak to reach another astonishing milestone at Camp Nou

Catalans needed a late goal from substitute Ivan Rakitic to see off a determined Athletic side

After 33 appearances, Argentine superstar now has 26 goals this season

German season is approaching the finish line after setting the example for other leagues to follow

Argentine star has become the first player to score at least 20 goals for the last 12 seasons

It was July 5 last year and De Jong was being unveiled after a 75 million-euro ($85m) move from Ajax

Two points separate Spain's greatest rivals ahead of the return to top-flight games on Thursday

Argentine trained alone on Saturday at Camp Nou after sitting out the team's previous two sessions

La Liga leaders play their first match since mid-March at Real Mallorca next Saturday

Argentine is training with Barca ahead of a planned resumption of the league on the weekend on June 12

Brazlian formed a successful attacking trio with Suarez and Messi at Barcelona but Suarez's future is uncertain

Barcelona sit top of the table, two points ahead of Real Madrid

Messi and company took the field for individual training sessions

CSL season was supposed to begin on February 22 but was indefinitely postponed after coronavirus emerged

Forwrard surpassed World Cup-winner Bobby Charlton as United's all-time leading scorer, just as he did for England

Club’s statement calls all accusations ‘serious and unfounded’

Outgoing officials criticise clubs's handling of scandal, financial implications of virus

The cuts will be backdated to March 1 and last until the new season begins

The relationship between Barca's players and board has been strained for several months

Shanghai SIPG's Brazilian attacking midfielder Oscar reportedly earning nearly $30 million a year

The number of new Spanish cases also slowed at 7,026, taking the total to 124,736

Argentine took another swipe at president Bartomeu whom he accused of undermining players during recent negotiations

Spain has been Europe’s second-most impacted country by the pandemic behind Italy

Spain is the country worst affected by the disease in Europe outside of Italy, with almost 40,000 positive cases

Publication calculates Argentine's total income as 131 million euros while the Portuguese earns 118 million euros

European champions are on the course of being elected as the Premier League champions after 30 years

32-year-old has now been involved in more than 1,000 goals in his career, scoring 696 and assisting another 306

Argentine ridiculed the talk of a drought by scoring four goals against Eibar after four games without one

As Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi approach the end of their careers, could the next duo to dominate football?

22-year-old has suffered a number of hamstring problems since joining in a deal worth up to 147 million euros

Messi gave a hat-trick of assists on Sunday as the Catalans ended their turbulent week with a thrilling 3-2 victory

Argentine hit back at his former teammate after the Frenchman had earlier blamed slackness in the dressing room

Frenchmen explained many in the squad were not working hard under former coach Ernesto Valverde

Catalan’s captain now has nine goals and four assists in his last 10 league games

Argentine’s double, as well as goals from Griezmann, Lenglet and Arthur rounded off an emphatic win at Camp Nou

With Lionel Messi rested, Antoine Griezmann proved the saviour for the Catalans, scoring twice in the second half

Suarez is unlikely to play again this season after undergoing surgery on his knee earlier this month

Victory also sends the Catalans back to the top of La Liga on goal difference with Real Madrid

Barca are top of La Liga and into the Champions League last 16, while they begin their tilt at the Copa del Rey