Lionel Messi is not thinking about breaking Telmo Zarra's La Liga
scoring record of 251 goals despite having closed to within three of the
former Athletic Bilbao and Spain forward.
Four-times World Player of the Year Messi has scored five times in
Spain's top flight this season, including two against Granada last
weekend, taking his overall tally to 248, and has a chance to add to his
haul in Saturday's match at Rayo Vallecano.
"Right now I am not thinking about the record," Messi said at a promotional event in Barcelona on Thursday.
"But it is nice to be the record top scorer in one of the best leagues
in the world," added the Argentina captain. "It will come when it
comes."
Zarra, who died in 2006, had a career which spanned the 1940s and 1950s,
while Messi made his Barca debut in 2004 at the age of 17 and turned 27
in June.
His scored his first La Liga goal against Albacete on May 1, 2005,
making him at the time the club and La Liga's youngest scorer at 17
years, 10 months and seven days. The record was later broken by Bojan
Krkic.
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