As one of the greatest clubs in Europe, Barcelona’s history can be summed up in two parts, before and after they had Messi in their squad.
Messi leads in appearances for Barcelona
Growing up as a top player from the famous La Masia training academy, Messi has been with the team since his youth, making his first appearance since he was 17 years old. Until the 2021 season, he was forced to leave when the club had financial difficulties. That time also saw Leo make 778 appearances, the most in Blaugrana’s history.
El Pulga leads in number of titles won
Until leaving the club in 2021, Leo has dedicated his entire professional career to Barcelona. With 34 club-record titles, including 10 La Liga titles, seven Copa del Rey titles and four UEFA Champions League titles. Lionel Messi has spent the most successful years with the team, and he deserves to be an immortal legend here.
Even in terms of goals, Messi also dominates
The messidependencia phenomenon is both a blessing and a risk for Barcelona. They rely heavily on the precious goal-scoring ability that Leo has shown since the beginning of his explosive rise to become the number one star of the football village. By the time he left the Camp Nou roof, the Argentine striker had 672 goals, which is also the club’s record.
Lionel Messi monopolizes the number one assist
Messi is a free agent in attack. In addition to his terrible dribbling ability, he also has an impressive deal of cards. That helps Barcelona’s No. 10 once be a once-in-a-century assist, even if he plays under any strategist who comes here. He gave himself 303 assists before moving to Paris Saint Germain in the 2021 season.
The record for the most expensive deal does not name Messi
Referring to the record of the most expensive deal in the history of Barcelona. Of course if Lionel Messi is a name to be bought, he will certainly create an unprecedented level of spending from the club. But El Pulga is a mature player from the academy, so fortunately that did not happen.
The most expensive deals of the Blaugrana named Philippe Coutinho and Ousmane Dembele with the same figure of 135 million euros. That is also part of the reason that Barca has financial problems at the moment, under the poor management of President Bartomeu.