As these lines were written, Lionel Messi was the foreign player who had played the most meetings in the Spanish championship, namely 520 in the FC Barcelona jersey between 2005 and 2021. The 37 -year -old Argentine show, today at Inter Miami (MLS), will no longer be alone. Except last minute package, the Frenchman Antoine Griezmann will play Sunday against … Barça, also a 520th match in Liga.
The two attackers, two seasons teammates at the Blaugranas (2019-2021), are far from the record holder among the five “largest” European championships. Former midfielder Javier Zanetti, another Argentinian and retired since 2014, displays 615 matches in the Italian championship (Serie A), exclusively with Inter.
