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The updated edition of Luca Caioli´s brilliant biography of Barcelona soccer star Lionel Messi, now covering the 2015/16 season

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Lionel Messi is the greatest footballer of our time: a magician with uncanny ability to beat defenders, find space and score goals. 2016 saw him win the Ballon d´Or for a record fifth time, further emphasising his status as the greatest footballer in the world today, and possibly ever.

Messi is Luca Caioli´s classic portrait of modern football´s undisputed superstar, now fully updated to include all the action from 2015/16. 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 life of a football superstar.

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Luca Caioli is the bestselling author of Messi, Ronaldo, Neymar and Suarez. A renowned Italian sports journalist, he lives in Spain corresponding for SKY Italia and Corriere della Sera.

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