Has Lionel Messi got his priorities wrong?

Lionel Messi may well go down in the annals of history as the greatest footballer to have ever played the game. And to compliment his God-given talent with a ball at his feet, he appears to possess a warm and humble persona that has made him far more affable to neutrals than the perceived egotism of Cristiano Ronaldo.
But it is the way in which he executes his footballing talent within the backdrop of footballing perfection at FC Barcelona, that has really galvanised his legacy. La Liga’s, Champions Leagues and Copa del Rey’s have all been achieved with a footballing philosophy that is pure an...