Barcelona captain Lionel Messi might have the Spanish La Liga most valuable player trophy named after him, league president Javier Tebas showed his willingness to make such a move.
It is not clear as to what the trophy will be called, but is could well be known as The Lionel Messi award, right? The trophy will be awarded to an individual who performs better than anyone else in Spain, and chances are, Messi might just win it before he retires, we never know.
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La Liga president Tebas believes Messi will go down as the greatest footballer in the history of football and wants to introduce an award in his honour. “I think Messi will be the best in football history, he already is. He is the best and I think it’s a great idea to create a trophy for the best player every season named after Leo Messi.”
If that happens, Messi will not be the only player to have a trophy named after him. Spanish newspaper Marca has named several awards after Spanish football legends.
For example, Marca awards the Zamora trophy (named after former Spain and Madrid goalie Ricardo Zamora) to the best goalkeeper of the season, the Pichichi (named after Spanish legends Rafael ‘Pichichi’ Moreno) to the player with most goals, and and Di Stefano (named after Madrid legend Alfredo Di Stefano) trophy to the best footballer of the season.