Paris Saint Germain’s Lionel Messi Wins Award in France for Influential Performance in Ligue 1 in September

• Paris Saint-Germain's Lionel Messi won the coveted Ligue 1 Player of the Month award for the month of September
• Messi won 10 La Liga Player of the Month awards while in Spain, the most by any player in the Spanish league
• The Argentinian superstar is in a rich vein of form heading into the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar

While Cristiano Ronaldo is struggling to get playing time at Manchester United, his rival Lionel Messi is winning awards in France.

The Paris Saint-Germain superstar is enjoying an impressive second season with the French side and is in great form heading into the World Cup.

As reported by Sportskeeda, Messi was recently named the Ligue 1 player for the month of September.

The Argentinian attacker narrowly missed out on the award for August, losing out to fellow PSG teammate Neymar. Messi scored once during the month and provided three assists, doing enough to earn himself the award.

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The recent stats took his overall tally to eight goals and eight assists in 14 games this season. His brilliant form, combined with that of Neymar and Kylian Mbappe, has seen PSG remain unbeaten in Ligue 1 so far.

Messi a serial award winner

Messi is no stranger to winning Player of the Month awards. Despite leaving Spanish football two seasons ago, he still holds the record for most La Liga Player of the Month awards. Messi won the award an incredible ten times during his time with Barcelona.

Antoine Griezmann is second on the list with only six Player of the Month awards, Wikipedia noted.

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The Paris Saint-Germain star, who is 35 years old, is reaching the twilight of his illustrious career and has revealed he will retire from international football after the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.

Messi’s company will reportedly explore opportunities that could include investing in professional teams or helping startup founders build football-tech companies, among other things.