One: Lionel Messi
What can be said about Lionel Messi that has not already been uttered on countless occasions. The platitudes and accolades the Argentine collects are endless and once again this season the attacker has delivered.
Amazing to think that the Barcelona man is still only 26 and yet Messi is already the club’s top goal-scorer of all time having scored an astonishing 325 goals in 390 appearances. Now into his tenth season in the Nou Camp first team his individual and club honours list is second to none.
Six La Liga titles, three Champions League successes and four Balon d’Or’s and yet some will still insist that Messi is yet to prove himself at national team level, don’t bet against that issue being corrected in next summer’s World Cup finals.