IMMORTALITY: LIONEL MESSI To be immortalized in Barcelona

Sandro Rosell says he likes the idea of building a statue of Barcelona icon Lionel Messi at a proposed new Camp Nou stadium and claims he and the Blaugrana board will consider the initiative. He said " I like the idea of a statue. We hadn't considered it, but we will look into it."

Messi, who has netted 331 goals for Barcelona, became the club's all-time top goalscorer in March 2012 when he overtook former great Cesar Rodriguez (232 strikes), and another Barca legend, Laszlo Kubala (194).

The Hungarian forward, who played for Barca between 1951 and 1961, is immortalised in a statue outside Barca's

So they don't need to think before immortalizing Lionel messi.