I CAN PERFORM EVEN ON A COLD NIGHT AT STOKE – MESSI BOASTS

November 20, 2018

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Lionel Messi has given the perfect response to dispel any doubts he wouldn’t be able to do the business on a cold Tuesday night in Stoke.

The Argentinean superstar has spent his entire career at Barcelona but has been linked with moves to the Premier League with Manchester United and City both being touted as possible landing spots in the past.

Pep Guardiola explored the possibility of bringing Messi over to England when he arrived at City back in 2016 but failed in his attempts to persuade him to leave Barcelona.

Messi has year-on-year lit up La Liga and now seems destined to finish his career at Barcelona. It’s led to questions over whether or not the 31-year-old would be able to emulate the success he’s had in Spain in the Premier League.

The yardstick in this instance comes back to the old adage ‘Can you do it on a cold night in Stoke?’. Some believe Messi would struggle but he produced a convincing riposte when quizzed about this by Spanish journalist Guillem Balague.

The five-time Ballon d’Or winner replied by reflecting on his days as a kid playing football in his hometown of Rosario in Argentina.

‘He said: ‘They should have seen the pitches I played on in Rosario and I was quite good there too.”