LIONEL MESSI has claimed a record seventh Pichichi Award but insists his only goal is to fire Barcelona back to the top of LaLiga.
The trophy, named after Athletic Bilbao’s legendary striker Rafael Moreno Aranzadi, is awarded to the league’s top scorer.
Messi, 33, took the crown after bagging 25 last season – his lowest tally since the 2008-09 season.
It was also the fourth consecutive season he has collected the trophy after fierce rival Cristiano Ronaldo left for Juventus in 2018.
Ronaldo won it three times during his time in Spain while Athletic’s Telmo Zarra was the previous joint-record holder alongside Messi following his goalscoring exploits in the 1940s and 50s.
But the Argentine legend insists he is not thinking about winning the Pichichi for an eighth time and instead wants to take the LaLiga title back from Real Madrid.
He told Marca: “An eighth Pichichi? I don’t know, nor am I thinking about it, it is not something I am worried or obsessed about.
“I would prefer to win La Liga before getting the Pichichi, we are fighting towards that.
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“We are slowly growing. We struggled to get going in the league, nor did we deserve to drop all those points, we could have won several of those games, like at Alaves, Getafe, Real Madrid…
“We created a lot of chances, that would have changed the situation, but we have to put together a run of good games to get ourselves back at the top.”
Barcelona are struggling yet again this season and currently sit 5th, eight points adrift of league leaders Atletico Madrid.
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