5 Stats from this season which prove that Lionel Messi is the GOAT

#2 Assists

FC Barcelona v RC Celta de Vigo - La Liga

Lionel Messi is extremely unselfish and relishes in spreading joy, both on the pitch and in the stands. There's no other player in the world who looks as happy as the little magician when assisting his teammates. Messi is a team player and while he dribbles, creates chances and also scores from free kicks, it is his ability to consistently provide for his teammates, that adds a twinkle to the eyes of his millions of fans around the world.

The Argentine has been leading the assist charts in Europe for many seasons now and the fact that he scores as well as creates in equal measure is what makes him the best in the world. As usual, Messi has been in blistering form this season and is currently the man with the most assists in all of the top five leagues in Europe.

Messi has registered 10 assists so far this season in La Liga. Only Eden Hazard and Ryan Fraser come close with 9; both have played at least 4 more games! Messi now has 12 assists from 22 games in all competitions for Barcelona so far. It is worth noting that the Argentine has missed 3 weeks due to injury and still ended at the top of the pile, reiterating our stance that he is the GOAT.

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Deepungsu is a veteran football journalist who has been covering daily transfer roundups and news for over seven years at Sportskeeda. He has written more than 9000 articles for the website, and has garnered over 20 million reads.

Deepungsu holds a PG degree in Microbiology and an MBA degree in Total Quality Management. He has an extensive two-decade long writing experience, which includes a decade of sports blogging. His writing prowess has even led his work getting cited on the legendary Franz Beckenbauer's Wikipedia page.

Inspired by Diego Maradona, Deepungsu played as an attacking midfielder for his local club at subdivision level in his initial years and scored an important goal or two. However, his all-time favorite footballer is Lionel Messi, and evidently, he feels Argentina's glory in 2022 is his favorite FIFA World Cup moment for fulfilling his long-standing dream. He is also an ardent East Bengal fan.

Deepungsu has been a Manchester United supporter since the year 2000. Unsurprisingly, his favorite manager is Sir Alex Ferguson and the Scotsman helped him get through some of the toughest days of his life. Like the fiery Scot, Deepungsu also leaves no stone unturned when it comes to accuracy in articles and only relies on credible sources.

Despite believing in Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland to create an iconic rivalry, Deepungsu reckons no one can match the longevity of Messi and Ronaldo. He spends his leisure time writing about life on his blog, reading books, and playing the guitar.

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Edited by Kingshuk Kusari