Having risen to the top of the game more than a decade ago, Lionel Messi has matured into the perfect team player, as likely to provide a superlative assist as a masterful match-winner. 

As the star of an exceptional Barcelona team, he has won more silverware than most football clubs. 

Messi is Luca Caioli's classic portrait of a footballing icon, now fully updated to include all the action from 2016/17. 

Featuring exclusive testimony from those who know him best, including coaches, teammates and even Messi himself, it offers an unrivalled behind-the-scenes look at the career of a sporting giant.

Luca Caioli is the bestselling author of
Messi, Ronaldo, Neymar and
Suarez. A renowned Italian sports journalist, he lives in Spain corresponding for SKY Italia and Corriere della Sera.