Lionel Messi’s chastisement for Barcelona in Saturday’s Clásico win was his 54th idea of a calendar year, withdrawal him one transparent of Harry Kane, Cristiano Ronaldo, Edinson Cavani and Robert Lewandowski in a competition to be a tip European marksman of 2017.
Messi, Ronaldo, Cavani and Lewandowski have now played their final games of a year, though Kane – who scored his seventh hat-trick of 2017 on Saturday – still has one compare left to play, opposite Southampton today. Can a Spurs striker renovate Barça’s talisman?
54 Lionel Messi (64 appearances, 0.84 goals per game)
53 Harry Kane (51, 1.03)
53 Robert Lewandowski (55, 0.96)
53 Cristiano Ronaldo (59, 0.89)
53 Edinson Cavani (62, 0.85)
All 5 players are shortlisted for a UEFA.com fans’ Team of a Year 2017 along with Karim Benzema, Antoine Griezmann, Paulo Dybala, Radamel Falcao, Neymar, Kylian Mbappé and Dries Mertens. But we can usually select dual or 3 so who is it to be?
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