For the first time in 17 seasons, Barcelona is preparing to compete in the Spanish League without the services of its historical star Lionel Messi.

The 34-year-old Argentine left the Catalan club after the expiration of his previous contract at the end of last June.

Despite the club's desire to preserve its legend, the current deteriorating financial situation hindered the agreement on any new contract, ending a rich experience for the Argentine flea in the Catalan club.

And the American website "GiveMesport" (givemesport) stated that the influence of Lionel Messi at the "Camp Nou" was enormous, and this is proven by the amazing records he broke with Barcelona, ​​including these nine numbers that may remain immortal in the history of the game.

Most goals in one club

The final score of the player Lionel Messi with the Barcelona team reached 672 goals in 778 games, and this means that any other player who wants to achieve this number, will need to maintain a high scoring rate during all his seasons, and stay with the same team during his entire career.

This clear superiority that distinguishes Messi from his generation, is mainly due to his great loyalty to the club in which he grew up and began his professional career.

Most goals in La Liga history

As expected, the Argentine star's high scoring numbers made him the top scorer in La Liga history.

He scored 474 goals in 520 domestic matches, surpassing Cristiano Ronaldo by 163 goals.

Highest goalscorer in a single season in the League

Messi gave an amazing performance in the 2011-2012 season, scoring 50 goals in just 37 games.

Despite this terrifying goal score, Barcelona did not win the La Liga title that went to Real Madrid that season.

But it is certain that the record achieved by Messi is difficult to be contested by any other player.

 Biggest goal score in one year

Thanks to the goals he scored in the 2011-2012 season, Messi's goal tally for the whole of 2012 was 91, a number that is hard to get close to.

Biggest scoring streak in consecutive matches

Usually, most strikers are happy when they score 21 goals in the entire season.

But in the 2012-2013 season, Messi hugged the net in 21 consecutive matches in the domestic league, which proves the continuity of this player and his amazing performance.

Most recipients of the Golden Boot

Messi is proud of winning on 6 occasions the European Golden Boot, which is awarded to the highest scoring player in the European leagues.

Ronaldo has won this title 4 times, while no other player's tally has exceeded two.

Most goals in El Clasico

For years, Messi has been used to scoring goals against Real Madrid, displaying his calm smile on 26 occasions as he celebrates scoring against his side's arch-rivals.

Most likely, the most important match during the Spanish League will not see the emergence of a player who can reach this outcome again.

The largest number of golden balls

The Argentina captain has won the Ballon d'Or 6 times, with expectations that he may win it again this year. Messi won the Ballon d'Or 4 times in a row between 2009 and 2012.

This is just another example that proves that he is a player that will not be repeated in history, as maintaining this clear superiority over the rest of the players is unbelievable, especially with the high degree of competitiveness witnessed in today's football.

Nomination for the Ballon d'Or on 11 consecutive occasions

Even when Messi did not get the Golden Ball, he was always one of the most prominent candidates, as he did not leave the trio that reached the final competitions for this coronation in 11 consecutive years, between 2007 and 2017, which proves his continuity and continued level.

These numbers prove that Barcelona has not only lost a legendary player named Messi, but has lost the greatest player in the world, and now the Blaugrana fans are trying to get used to life without their first star, waiting to face another impossible task, which is to find a replacement for him.