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The Fiver | A certain amount of interest in Leo Messi, even on a slow news day

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Given that he’s (perhaps) the greatest player in the history of (perhaps) the greatest club in the history of (perhaps) the greatest game, a certain amount of interest in Lionel Messi is to be expected, even on a slow day. By way of illustration in the last 12 months Britain’s national newspapers have published – counting only print editions rather than their websites, which as you are currently discovering will run any old nonsense – 2,472 articles mentioning the Argentinian wizard, at the rate of very nearly seven a day. So Messi sure is a hard man to avoid, and now more than ever, as rumours swirl of an imminent move to somewhere and the possibility of barristers bickering about Barcelona-bothering burofaxes.

Continue reading…Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!Given that he’s (perhaps) the greatest player in the history of (perhaps) the greatest club in the history of (perhaps) the greatest game, a certain amount of interest in Lionel Messi is to be expected, even on a slow day. By way of illustration in the last 12 months Britain’s national newspapers have published – counting only print editions rather than their websites, which as you are currently discovering will run any old nonsense – 2,472 articles mentioning the Argentinian wizard, at the rate of very nearly seven a day. So Messi sure is a hard man to avoid, and now more than ever, as rumours swirl of an imminent move to somewhere and the possibility of barristers bickering about Barcelona-bothering burofaxes. Continue reading…