With 30 goals in 35 games in the 2020/21 La Liga season, Leo Messi has ended up as the league's top goalscorer, thus winning him the Pichichi Trophy.
This the 8th Pichichi award for the Barcelona captain, which is an absolute record, with no other player winning it more than six times. Besides. it's his 5th consecutive Pichichi, with no other player getting their hands on the trophy since the 2015/16 season.
Messi's main competitors in the Pichichi race were Karim Benzema and Gerard Moreno, with both recording 23 goals. Luis Suarez came in fourth place with 21 goals netted.
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Messi decides to continue at Barca (reliability: 5 stars)
Lionel Messi has decided to extend his stay at Barcelona, according to Achraf Ben Ayad of beIN SPORTS.
Ben Ayad isn't among the most trustworthy sources but since reputable Gerard Romero of RAC1 has retweeted his update, let's give it a five-star reliability rating.
The 33-year-old's current contract expires at the end of the season.
The fact that Leo has been given permission to miss Saturday's clash at Eibar - Barca's final game of the 2020/21 campaign, only proves the suggestion over his decision to continue at Camp Nou. That would be all but impossible to imagine Messi leaving Barca without a proper farewell.
'Wouldn't be surprised if he didn't want to make it public': Fan explains why Messi could've played his last Barca game vs Celta
Leo Messi is going to miss Barca's final game of the season against Eibar – and some Cules actually believe his time at Blaugrana is up.
Here's how one of them explains this feeling, via Reddit.
cristiano-potato: "Messi, according to his own interview with GOAL, knew he was wanting to leave all last season and didn't say it to the fans. And didn't publicly announce it even after the Bayern [8-2] game.
"He's always struck me as a bit shy and I wouldn't be surprised if he didn't want to make a public announcement about it being his last game. And I'm also not so sure a game in an empty stadium against Eibar would be such an important last game."
Another Reddit user and Blaugrana fan nicknamed Puzzleheaded19 echoes his words.
"He was visibly distraught during the Celta match. Looked like he has had enough with the team. Fingers crossed."
