Messi 600: The Barcelona and Argentina great´s 10 best goals

Lionel Messi s match-winning free-kick in the 1-0 victory over Atletico Madrid took him on to 600 career goals for club and country.

The Barcelona and Argentina icon has been the scourge of defenders in Spain and across the globe since making his debut professional debut at 17 and his career has now yielded another incredible landmark.

In the process the forward has collected 30 trophies but international honours have eluded him so far, with the 2018 World Cup tantalisingly on the horizon.

To celebrate Messi s latest century, we take a look at 10 of his very best and most important goals.

 

Albacete (H): May 1, 2005

Even at 17, Messi had the confidence of a veteran. Having already had one goal wrongly ruled out for offside an audacious c…

Salah and Mane not Liverpool´s only weapons – Lijnders

Liverpool are proving that they are not just reliant on Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane, according to assistant manager Pep Lijnders.

Jurgen Klopp s side are having to do without two of their star attackers, with Salah and Mane on international duty at the Africa Cup of Nations with Egypt and Senegal respectively.

Naby Keita is also featuring at the tournament, with the midfielder a talisman for Guinea, who like Senegal have progressed from Group B. Salah s Egypt will guarantee their qualification from Group D with a win over Sudan on Wednesday.

The tournament runs until February 6. Senegal were runners-up in 2019 while Egypt are the most successful team in AFCON history with seven titles, and both are fancied to go far this time around in Cameroon.

Liverpo…

Sevilla want Almeria striker Umar Sadiq

Sevilla are interested in signing Umar Sadiq from Almeria in the summer transfer window, according to . It has been reported that Sevilla are going to do everything to secure the services of the former Rangers loanee.

Almeria are open to selling Sadiq in the summer transfer window, but the Spanish club want at least €20 million for the Nigeria international striker. Sevilla sporting director Monchi is convinced that Sadiq, who had a loan spell at Rangers from Roma in 2018, is the striker to lead the club’s attack.

Sadiq has made 22 starts and two substitute appearances in the Segunda Division for Almeria so far this season, scoring 13 goals in the process.

Trapp: No regrets over Paris Saint-Germain exit

Kevin Trapp has no regrets over his return to Eintracht Frankfurt on a permanent transfer from Paris Saint-Germain.

The goalkeeper left Eintracht in 2015 to join PSG, where he won Ligue 1 twice and was part of a treble-winning team in 2017-18.

However, he failed to establish himself as the undisputed number one keeper PSG hoped he could become and was loaned back to Frankfurt last season.

Trapp made 43 appearances in all competitions as the Eagles reached the semi-finals of the Europa League, losing on penalties to Chelsea, and finished seventh in the Bundesliga.

His performances convinced Eintracht to bring him back on a five-year-deal, and 29-year-old Trapp is confident that was the right move for him despite the club losing star forwards Luka Jovic and…