During the transfer season all the big names are heard and put on board for transfers while rival teams pitch their battles to secure the best player within their means. From Ronaldo to Ronaldinho every other conceivable name is heard on transfer saga. If you think the young Lionel Messi is conveniently forgotten in the transfer drama you are mistaken.

Inter Milan has shown interest in pulling away Lionel Messi from Barcelona FC, but the Barcelona sorcerer rested all the rumors of his transfers saying that he would remain with Barcelona for the foreseeable future. Lionel Messi said, “I have Barcelona in my heart and I expect to stay here for a long time.”

Lionel Messi the awesome Barcelona striker who spurred his side to many a wins on the pitch is also a hot contender for the Pichichi award. Lionel Messi pushing Ronaldo behind him took second place behind Kaka for the 2007 FIFA Player of the year award.

Lionel Messi, the young Argentine right winger has in all honest usurped all the glory that once belonged to amazing midfielder Brazilian Ronaldinho. Both the players play hand in hand for Barcelona FC. With Ronaldinho out of form, Lionel Messi took charge and blazed forth on the pitch scoring goals and gifting his side the much needed wins. He thus slowly came to occupy the slot in the hearts of millions of fans that once belonged to Ronaldinho.

In fact, he has come to be adored as the new ‘Messi’ah of the game. True to his brilliant form, at Barcelona Lionel Messi is treated as a shepherd without who the Catalan flock seems to get lost in the wilderness of defeats. In spite of the roaring accolades in the press, Lionel Messi silently does his job and “prefers to do his talking on the pitch.”

At twenty, Lionel Messi the brilliant footballer has plenty of years before him. With his head firm on the shoulders he rightly said, “I want to keep on learning and the thing is to help the team as much as possible.” If Lionel Messi nurtures his passion for the game and maintains the same spirit of enthusiasm that has so far come to be admired by Barcelona officials and fans then the sky is indeed the limit for this amazing striker.