Overview
- World Soccer Talk lists Messi with 29 assists in 54 matches as the year's top provider, using criteria that exclude penalties won that had put Bayern's Michael Olise first in other tallies.
- He totaled 46 goals for club and country, with ESPN placing him sixth on the 2025 scoring list behind Kylian Mbappé and Harry Kane.
- El País named Giorgian De Arrascaeta the 2025 Best South American Player with 179 votes, with Messi second on 39.
- Sofascore data cited in coverage shows Sporting Cristal’s Martin Tavara leading South American free‑kick goals for 2025 with five to Messi’s three.
- Inter Miami’s rebuild features Sergio Reguilón confirmed and Facundo Mura expected, with TNT Sports reporting River Plate’s Paulo Díaz declined a move and Gianluca Di Marzio linking teenager Matteo Silvetti to Fiorentina.