WHAT an achievement for Lionel Messi, scoring 68 goals and breaking Gerd Mueller’s formidable record.
The Barcelona forward eclipsed the 67-goal mark Mueller set for Bayern during the 1972-73 season, and has made fans all around the world sit up and take notice.
I was watching the coverage about Messi when I was delighted to see Dixie Dean’s name up there.
They call Messi superhuman so imagine what they made of Dixie when he scored all those top flight goals.
He was on the list as one of the top five goal scorers in the world ever, but most of a royal blue persuasion will say he was the best ever. Evertonians are still proud to this day of his exploits, if only they could find another like him.
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