Birthday wishes to Messi! Legendary footballer ready to reach his 700th goal
manager is well aware now, of course, and is hoping Messi reaches it on Friday night against their next LaLiga opponents.When it comes to the game of football,the birthday boy, Lionel Messi swiftly slams a barricade of opponents – all hell-bent on stopping him. The humble footballer is just one goal away from another milestone of 700 goals (as of now Barcelona (629) and Argentina (70)), someone as young as the 33-year-old Messi can ever even imagine.
Football fans and his manager is hoping Messi reaches it on Friday night against their next LaLiga opponents.
Messi has won 10 La Liga titles, 4 Champions League titles, 6 Copa del Ray titles, 3 Club World Cup titles, and 3 European Super Cups.
On his birthday, his fans from across the world took to social media to wished the star and made #HappyBirthdayMessi trend on Twitter.
Meanwhile, Barcelona are offering a new contract to star player Lionel Messi that will see him tied to the club until his 36th birthday,read Mundo Deportivo.
The Argentine’s contract at the Camp Nou expires in the summer of 2021 with this new deal set to add a concrete one-year extension plus the possibility of triggering a further year.
That would take the player’s contract in Catalonia up to 30 June 2023, which will be six days after he celebrates his 36th birthday.
Leo Messi Foundation
In 2007, the famous No10, said to be worth £310m, decided to set up his charity. It was a visit to a hospital in Boston, Massachusetts where Messi was moved to tears meeting terminally ill children that encouraged him to put his salary to better use. The foundation's mantra is 'Choose to Believe' - a sentiment that echoes Messi's own achievements.
Growth hormone deficiency(GHD)
“When I was 11 years old they discovered that I had a growth hormone deficiency and I had to start a treatment to help me to grow. Every night I had to stick a needle into my legs, night after night after night, every day of the week, and this over a period of three years." As a result, Messi remained shorter than his peers until he was treated for the same.
“I was so small, they said that when I went onto the pitch, or when I went to school, I was always the smallest of all. It was like this until I finished the treatment and I then started to grow properly,” Messi told the Telegraph.
Barcelona spent about $1500 a month for the injections and they did eventually help Messi attain an average height that suited his strengths of balance, agility and speed. The injections not only helped in increasing his height, but also countering several other internal issues such as pituitary function, problems of the skin and teeth, poor vision and a lower than normal immunity.
He dealt with all his hurdle with an understanding and maturity beyond his age and it is no wonder that his ability and achievements stand miles above his peers.
