Lionel Messi
Alistair Johnston on Celtic rise and chance to take on Messi this summer
![Lionel Messi will be unavailable for Argentina (Nick Potts/PA)](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17873341.jpg)
![Lionel Messi will be unavailable for Argentina (Nick Potts/PA)](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17873341.jpg)
![Lionel Messi shone in the MLS opener (Lynne Sladky/AP)](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17777149.jpg)
![Lionel Messi shone in the MLS opener (Lynne Sladky/AP)](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17777149.jpg)
![Coco Gauff was the highest paid female athlete in 2023, yet still wasn't in the top 200 of highest paid athletes in the world](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17729226.jpg)
![Coco Gauff was the highest paid female athlete in 2023, yet still wasn't in the top 200 of highest paid athletes in the world](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17729226.jpg)
![Lionel Messi said it was a “shame” he could not play in Hong Kong (Shuji Kajiyama/AP)](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17720034.jpg)
![Lionel Messi said it was a “shame” he could not play in Hong Kong (Shuji Kajiyama/AP)](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17720034.jpg)
![New Motherwell attacker Sam Nicholson has missed the passion of Scottish football.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17708914.jpg)
![New Motherwell attacker Sam Nicholson has missed the passion of Scottish football.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17708914.jpg)
![Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi will meet again when Inter Miami face Al-Nassr (Martin Rickett/PA)](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17540534.jpg)
![Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi will meet again when Inter Miami face Al-Nassr (Martin Rickett/PA)](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17540534.jpg)
![Celtic chairman Peter Lawwell meets Pope Francis](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17502792.jpg)
![Celtic chairman Peter Lawwell meets Pope Francis](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17502792.jpg)
![Rosario Central's new third jersey](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17425215.jpg)
![Rosario Central's new third jersey](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17425215.jpg)
![Lionel Messi won his eighth Ballon d’Or in France on Monday night (Michel Euler/AP)](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17387588.jpg)
![Lionel Messi won his eighth Ballon d’Or in France on Monday night (Michel Euler/AP)](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17387588.jpg)
![Johnnie Walker sales rocket in Latin America after viral TikTok phenomenon](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17288583.jpg)
![Johnnie Walker sales rocket in Latin America after viral TikTok phenomenon](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17288583.jpg)
Exclusive
![Luis Palma takes part in Celtic training at Lennoxtown yesterday](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17182292.jpg)
![Luis Palma takes part in Celtic training at Lennoxtown yesterday](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17182292.jpg)
![Alexander 'Alejandro' Watson Hutton and the new AFA ball](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17123494.jpg)
![Alexander 'Alejandro' Watson Hutton and the new AFA ball](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17123494.jpg)
![Lionel Messi is off to Miami ... but there's much fun to be had here](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16263040.jpg)
![Lionel Messi is off to Miami ... but there's much fun to be had here](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16263040.jpg)
![Lionel Messi is heading to Miami (Mike Egerton/PA)](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16865001.jpg)
![Lionel Messi is heading to Miami (Mike Egerton/PA)](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16865001.jpg)
![The world's greatest footballer also moonlights as a Saudi tourism PR](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16739298.jpg)
![The world's greatest footballer also moonlights as a Saudi tourism PR](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16739298.jpg)
![World Cup winner Lionel Messi has been contacted by Barcelona, the club’s vice-president has said (Nick Potts/PA)](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16619020.jpg)
![World Cup winner Lionel Messi has been contacted by Barcelona, the club’s vice-president has said (Nick Potts/PA)](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16619020.jpg)
![Salt Bae is a monument to tackiness and should have been nowhere near Argentina's celebrations](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16284141.jpg)
![Salt Bae is a monument to tackiness and should have been nowhere near Argentina's celebrations](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16284141.jpg)
Issue Of The Day
![Lionel Messi proved too hot to handle for a young Paul Hanlon in a friendly between Barcelona and Hibernian back in 2008.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16280373.jpg)
![Lionel Messi proved too hot to handle for a young Paul Hanlon in a friendly between Barcelona and Hibernian back in 2008.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16280373.jpg)
Exclusive
![Lionel Messi leads the celebrations in Lusail](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16278208.jpg)
![Lionel Messi leads the celebrations in Lusail](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16278208.jpg)
![Lionel Messi has become the first attacker kept quiet by Davie Weir to lift the World Cup](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16277844.jpg)
![Lionel Messi has become the first attacker kept quiet by Davie Weir to lift the World Cup](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16277844.jpg)
![Lionel Messi celebrates with Luka Modric in the foreground](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16263037.jpg)
![Lionel Messi celebrates with Luka Modric in the foreground](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16263037.jpg)
![Sebastian Cancelliere, Enrique Pieretto, Domingo Miotti and Lucio Sordoni](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16259107.jpg)
![Sebastian Cancelliere, Enrique Pieretto, Domingo Miotti and Lucio Sordoni](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16259107.jpg)
![Tempers fray as Argentina beat the Netherlands at Qatar 2022](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16253988.jpg)
![Tempers fray as Argentina beat the Netherlands at Qatar 2022](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16253988.jpg)
![The World Cup has reached the quarter-final stage](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16246092.jpg)
![The World Cup has reached the quarter-final stage](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16246092.jpg)
![It's the moment fans and migrant workers have been dying for.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16174942.jpg)
![It's the moment fans and migrant workers have been dying for.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16174942.jpg)
![Few players have ever headed a ball with as much power as Maradona did against England.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16101254.jpg)
![Few players have ever headed a ball with as much power as Maradona did against England.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16101254.jpg)
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