Lionel Messi has a better chance of breaking Dani Alves’ record with PSG transfer

Lionel Messi won the Copa America in the summer. But Dani Alves didn’t take that lying down and won the football Olympics. So the difference is still 5. More precisely, the difference in team trophies won at professional level. Dani Alves has 43, Lionel Messi “only“ 38.

Barcelona football is a really big club. But frankly, in Spain, mainly because of Atlético and Real Madrid, it doesn’t dominate the way PSG does in France.

It is therefore safe to assume that the thirty-four-year-old Messi will find it a little easier to collect trophies in Paris than in Barcelona. His new club is the automatic favourite to win both Ligue 1 and the French Cup. Of course, there is also talk of the Champions League.

Even four years older, Alves is not yet finished with his career. He can win a competition in Sao Paulo. But it is impossible to say that a club from the biggest city in the southern hemisphere has a chance of winning as many trophies as the Parisians.

Maxwell and Andrés Iniesta are close behind Messi (37 trophies). But Maxwell, who like Messi swapped the Barcelona jersey for the Paris Saint-Germain jersey, retired back in 2017.

Iniesta has two more years on his contract in Japan, but he is not adding trophies. His Kobe is currently in 4th place, an abysmal 20 points behind first-placed Kawasaki.

Ryan Giggs is close behind and rounds out the top five with 36 trophies (all won with Manchester United). Of the active players, only Gerard Piqué (35 trophies) and Cristiano Ronaldo (34 trophies) are further down in the top 10.

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