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Messi – 2018 Updated Edition - More Than a Superstar - cover

Messi – 2018 Updated Edition - More Than a Superstar

Luca Caioli

Publisher: Icon Books

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Summary

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.
Available since: 08/03/2017.
Print length: 398 pages.

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