THESE shocking pictures reveal the full extent of the damage caused to Lionel Messi’s vandalised statue in Argentina. The statues will be built at the new Camp Nou.

Photographs of the sculpture taken after the attack show that … They deserve everything good in football for their massive contributions to the today Barcelona we’re witnessing Messi deserves more than a statue may be a stadium on his name Lionel Andres Messi but will that be even enough no nothing will be enough to repay what Messi has done for barca and for football the goat Bartomeu: 'There will be 10 Messi statues at Camp Nou' He's a footballer.

He wears the captain's armband since the start of the current season receiving it from Andres Iniesta.Bartomeu has recently calmed down Barca fans saying that Leo Messi will stay at the club until his retirement. The Guardian's Sid Lowe asked Josep Maria Bartomeu about immortalizing Leo Messi's legacy at Barcelona. He provides coverage of professional wrestling and has interviewed some of the biggest names in the field - including the first UK interview with The Hardy Boyz after their return to WWE. The statue, sculpted out of black marble, was erected last June just after Argentina lost the Copa America final to Chile, after which Messi announced his international retirement.

Lionel Messi’s statue will join the likes of Pele, Alfredo De Stefano and Diego Maradona (they too have their own statues outside RFEF's headquarters). According to a report carried by Mundo Deportivo, the Barcelona forward’s statue will be placed in the Luis Aragonés Hall. By Associated Press Soccer Leo will never leave. "No," the president says, "there will be 10 of them. He has never sported a pair of Lonsdale Slip-ons, contrary to reports.Paul Gascoigne To Be Subject Of New Movie Covering His LifeMike Tyson Puts Shark To Sleep As Boxing Legend Admits He Was "Scared To Death"Ronnie O'Sullivan Delivers One Of The Most Brutal Interviews In Sport HistoryFranck Ribery And Arjen Robben Will Go Down As One Of The Best Double Acts EverThe Moment 'Canelo' Went Full Matrix Against Daniel JacobsPorto Fans Stage Brilliant Tribute For Iker Casillas In 1st Minute After Heart AttackVirgil Van Dijk Ordered Xherdan Shaqiri To Take Free-Kick That Led To Divock Origi's Winner I think Barcelona should have both Ronaldinho and Messi’ statues at the Camp Nou or name training pitches after them respectively. So we talk football.

Lionel Messi statue (Image: Rex Features) "The statue of Lionel Messi fell victim to an act of vandalism that left the footballer's sculpture without its top half," they said.

A statue in Buenos Aires of Barcelona and Argentina star Lionel Messi has been vandalized, with the head, torso and arms all being removed. "We know he'll play three, four, five years more, we don't know how many - as many as he wants. Bartomeu claimed.

"I talk always about Pele, who was always associated with Santos, the only place he played. His previous jersey numbers are 19 (2006-2008) and 31 (2004-2006). He's beyond that now, in a category of his own. Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu joked that Lionel Messi will get 10 statues erected at the renovated Nou Camp to highlight his innate contributions for the Blaugrana. The president already knows what the club is going to do in order for every visitor of the Camp Nou to remember the greatest player of all time.Messi's statue will join the one of Laszlo Kubala at the new stadium's facade but will just one be enough? A statue in Buenos Aires of Barcelona and Argentina star Lionel Messi has been vandalized, with the head, torso and arms all being removed _ leaving only the legs and a soccer ball There are great players, but he's in a different dimension. Barcelona will pay tribute to Lionel Messi with 10 statues at Camp Nou when the Argentina star hangs up his boots, joked club president Josep Maria Bartomeu.. A very Messi … - Tribuna.com It has attracted vandals and thieves before, such as in January of this year, when the Messi statue was cut in half at the waist. The forward made his debut for Barcelona's first team in 2004 and has quickly become the team's undisputed leader. "Leo Messi wears the shirt with the number 10 since the season 2008/09.

"I don't think that day is near. He'll stop playing, but he'll always be with us."

'"We are talking to the family but it's very early to say.

JMB intends to add 10 Leo Messi statues to the one of Laszlo Kubala. A statue of Barcelona forward Lionel Messi has been destroyed by vandals in Buenos Aires. He has been published by Curzon Ashton FC, Late Tackle, Manchester City FC, The Mirror, Read Man City and Manchester Evening News. "Bartomeu: There will be 10 Messi statues at the renovated Camp Nou.In the same interview, the 56-year-old said that Messi will "never leave" Barcelona and "might even" play until he's 45 years old:"He might even play until he's 45, who knows?"

But he will stay here with us. He's a club man.