Tommy Martin: Time is sadly running out for magical Messi

If Catholics visit Lourdes and Muslims make pilgrimage to Mecca, then football fans must go see Messi, writes Tommy Martin.

If Catholics visit Lourdes and Muslims make pilgrimage to Mecca, then football fans must go see Messi.

For worshippers of the one truly global religion the opportunities grow fewer with each passing week. Turning 33 in the summer, it seems impossible to imagine a football world which doesn’t include Lionel Messi shuffling onto his pulpit at the Camp Nou every other weekend.