Lionel Messi: How I became less selfish

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Lionel Messi has said he is no longer thinking about individual glory when playing for Barcelona.

The 30-year-old admits in the past his primary focus was to get on the ball and become a hero.

However, as he has grown older that is no longer the case, with his teammates coming first, even though Messi is still making those same renowned runs. NaijaBet.com

“Before, I tried to steal the ball and make my play,” he told La Cornisa on America TV.

“Now, I try to make the team play more, pass the ball more and not be so defining or selfish.

“I try to move the team from another position. I run the same as I always did, but in a different way.”

The story of Messi

Since breaking into the Barça first-team under Frank Rijkaard in 2005, the Argentine has gone on to amass an incredible 541 goals in all competitions for the club, as well as creating a further 245 in 625 appearances. NaijaBet.com

Goalscoring and creating aside, his all-round play has earned him five Ballon d’Or crowns, while helping his side to eight La Liga titles and four European Cups.

Widely considered one of the greatest players to ever grace the football field, it is hard to see Messi playing for another giant of European football given the emotional connection he has built in Spain’s second-largest city. NaijaBet.com

There is still the possibility of Messi being a one-club man, but the Argentine seems genuinely sincere when promising in the past that he will don the colours of his childhood team, Newell’s Old Boys, for the first time as a senior professional during some point in his career.