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Breaking news, the $100 million star who wants to be Lionel Messi's teammate

The striker confessed his admiration for Leo and said he wants to play with him.

By Darwin Largo

The striker confessed his admiration for Leo and said he wants to play with him.

Lionel Messi won his eighth Ballon d'Or last week. Never before has a soccer player been chosen so many times as the best in the world, and hardly anyone else will do it in the future. And this has even more merit considering that he was a contemporary of Cristiano Ronaldo, another top star who won the award five times from France Football magazine.

 

So it is no wonder that many other players and coaches admire the Argentine forward and consider him the best of all time. In fact, stars such as Pep Guardiola, Thierry Henry, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Rio Ferdinand, Xavi Hernandez and Gary Lineker have said on more than one occasion that they have never seen another player like Leo.

And to that list was recently added another player: Harry Kane. The English striker is considered one of the best in Europe and that is why Bayern Munich paid more than $100 million for him this summer. That was a great decision, as in his first months in Germany he has scored 17 goals in 11 Bundesliga games and 4 goals in 4 Champions League games.

In an interview with ESPN UK, Harry was asked about a player he would like to be teammates with and answered without hesitation: "I mean, I'd love to play with Messi. Yeah, one of the greatest players ever to play our game". And then he joked: "I'm sure he'd be able to give me a few assists."

 

It's going to be hard to make it happen

Despite Harry Kane's desire, Lionel Messi's career appears to be far from Europe. After 19 years playing there, in Spain and France, the Argentine forward decided this summer to go to Inter Miami to play in Major League Soccer, a less demanding tournament where he has regained the fun of playing soccer away from the pressures of Europe. And at 36 years of age, he will hardly be able to play in tournaments on the other side of the Atlantic.

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