Barcelona captain and talisman Lionel Messi might be 33 and slowly yet surely moving into the latter stages of his phenomenal career but the footballing great and arguably the greatest of all time is showing little signs of declining as he keeps on putting up insane goalscoring stats,and being head and shoulders ahead of the chasing pack.
Most goals and assists in Europe’s top 5 leagues since August 2017:
Messi – 88 goals + 37 assists (125)
Salah – 68 goals 24 assists (92)
Immobile – 71 goals 21 assists (92)
Lewandowski – 76 goals 12 assists (88)
Ronaldo – 68 goals 15 assists (83)
Suarez – 57 goals 25 assists (82)
Mbappe – 61 goals 19 assists (80)
Aguero- 58 goals 17 assists (75)
Aubameyang- 62 goals 13 assists (75)
Neymar- 47 goals 26 assists (73)
At this goalscoring rate, no one can bet against the mercurial little man in making a last gasp Salvo in retaining his European golden boot.