Messi Gifts Ex PSG Teammate His La Liga Best Player Award

• Leandro Paredes recently revealed that Lionel Messi gave away his 2020-21 La Liga best player award to him
• Messi and Peredes played together at Paris Saint-Germain before his Argentine teammate was sent on loan to Juventus
• Messi has scored 31 goals and has provided 33 assists since joining Paris Saint-Germain in 2021

Lionel Messi left his Argentine teammate Leandro Paredes in awe after gifting the current Juventus star his 2020-21 La Liga best player he won while in Barcelona.

Paredes who won the 2022 FIFA World Cup with Argentina alongside Messi jokingly asked the 35-year-old for the award when he joined PSG in 2021.

According to Sportskeeda, Messi who has scored 31 goals since joining PSG in 2021 surprised Paredes with his best player award leaving the Argentine stunned.

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"He arrived in Paris, I asked him if he would give it to me and he gave it to me.”

Messi spent 17 seasons with Barcelona and was named La Liga's best player six times and La Liga's best forward seven times which are both all-time records.

Messi wants to return to Barcelona

Meanwhile, La Liga believes Lionel Messi has agreed to come back to Barcelona and had already started working on the marketing strategy for his return, Barca Universal reported.

After a disappointing two seasons with Paris Saint-Germain where he has managed just 31 goals, the 35-year-old is said to be desperate to return to Barcelona in the summer.

Messi left Barcelona for PSG in the summer of 2021, after the Catalan club could not renew his contract due to financial problems but now looks certain to return to Spain with La Liga leaders the leading favourites to sign him.

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Lionel Messi scores stunning goal

Earlier, Sports Brief reported Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe combined to a devastating effect as Paris Saint-Germain claimed their first win over RC Lens in five games on Saturday evening.

The superstar duo scored a goal each on either side of an audacious Vitinha strike as Les Parisiens tightened their grip at the top of the Ligue 1 standings with seven games to spare.

Messi played a sublime one-two with the Frenchman before applying a sensational finish to seal the lovely build-up.