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#9 Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
Judging by Barcelona's performances with and without Lionel Messi, it is quite clear that the Catalan club depends on their talisman's magic to unlock defences. When he is not busy finding the back of the net, Messi is busy creating chances for his teammates.
The Argentine forward leads the club's assist charts with 12 to his name. Nobody else has more than the 8 assists Jordi Alba has. 5 of Messi's assists have been for his strike partner Luis Suarez.
In all, Messi has created 76 chances in La Liga. Most of his chances have been short passes in and around the box. Only 5 chances were long passes to teammates.
Of course, Messi is in the running for the European Golden shoe with 29 goals - tied with Mohamed Salah of Liverpool. But give him a few games and he could easily move into the top 5 creators in Europe as well.
