Messi targets last Barca record after levelling Kubala

In a poll carried out during Barcelona's centenary celebrations in 1999, Ladislao Kubala was voted the best player in the history of the Catalan club.

A similar survey now would produce only one name: Lionel Andres Messi. And while many young fans, as they make their way to a game with the Argentine's name proudly printed on the back of their shirts, may never have heard of the legendary Hungarian, they are soon made to realise his importance as they encounter an imposing statue of the iconic forward outside the famous old stadium.