Former midfielder Joey Barton drops controversial comments about Lionel Messi

Former Premier League midfielder Joey Barton has dropped a comment about the footballing superstar's career. He believes that the illustrious career should come with an asterisk due to his treatment for a growth hormone deficiency.

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Joey Barton drops controversial comments about Lionel Messi

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Lionel Messi is arguably the greatest footballer of all time. The Argentine captain presently is in the USA playing in the Major League Soccer (MLS) for Inter Miami. He has won every possible major trophy in his career and one trophy that was missing from his cabinet was the FIFA World Cup, which he won back in 2022 in Qatar. LM 10 left Europe last year as he did not want to continue with Paris Saint-Germain. 

Former Premier League midfielder Joey Barton has dropped a comment about the footballing superstar's career. He believes that the illustrious career should come with an asterisk due to his treatment for a growth hormone deficiency as a child. Barton said the exceptional skill was by his childhood medical treatment for a growth hormone deficiency. According to Barton, this treatment provided Messi a genetic advantage over other players, casting doubt on his status as one of football's greatest players of all time.

Joey Barton makes controversial comments over Messi

Earlier the 36-year-old had broken several records and set new ones, some of which will be impossible to break in the near future for the game's rising stars. He again etched his name in the history books after becoming the first player to have five assists in a single match. He has won 8 Ballon d’Or, and two FIFA World Cup ‘Golden Ball’ the most by any individual player. The attacker has 833 goals and 372 assists beside his name, making a total of 1205 contributions; previously, he had 1199 contributions.

Speaking on his Common Sense Podcast said, "He was given growth hormone and all kinds of medications to help him grow. As far as I know no one else has done that." The footballer when he was 10 years old and it threatened to end his football stardom. FC Barcelona his former club paid by their medical team and the rest is football history. He played for the Blaugranes for 17 years for the club before leaving in 2021 and travelling to France to join PSG

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