Best and Worst Barcelona players so far this season

Best: #1 Lionel Messi

Tottenham Hotspur v FC Barcelona - UEFA Champions League Group B

Was there ever any doubt? One of the Greatest Players of All-Time, five times Balon D’Or Winner, Lionel Andres Messi Cuccittini has been at it once again this season. With 11 goals and 4 assists in 11 matches so far, Messi has been exceptional for Barcelona and has dragged them to victory singlehandedly more than once this season.

Though Lionel Messi has been unable to prevent Barcelona’s winless streak in La Liga, he has been lethal in European Champions League – scoring 5 goals in 2 matches. The Argentinian’s performance against Tottenham Hotspurs, a match in which he scored 2 sent football pundits and fans into a frenzy.

Messi had promised the Camp Nou crowd that as captain, he and his team will do anything and everything to bring the Champions League back to Camp Nou after the disappointments in each of the last three seasons. If Messi’s Champions League performances are anything to go by, he did mean what he said. It’s beyond doubt that Barcelona depends a lot on Messi, not just to convert chances but to convert them as well. Barcelona enters a tough round of fixtures and Valverde would be hoping that his talisman continues his rich vein of form.