A Leo it is time to look gallons in the dressing room. And the first step is consumed with changing his jersey number on Messi this season is destined to be the flagship project Guardiola

Leo Messi this season is destined to be the flagship project Guardiola

A year ago, the Barcelona landed at Scottish land plunged into the debate about how they had to engineer Frank Rijkaard to combine into a single team to the four fantastic, appeals to them during the preseason of poker players formed by Ronaldinho, Eto 'o, Henry and Messi. The facts were ordered to dismantle such an assertion so cruel and twelve months later, only Messi continues to maintain the cache that began with During past.

The march of Ronaldinho to Milan leaves the Argentine as the cornerstone of the draft Guardiola and all indications are that it will be responsible for collecting the number 10 shirt that the Brazilian dignified in its first three seasons. The number ten in a football team gained a special mystique from the moment they appeared on the scene soccer Edson Arantes do Nascimento, Pele. Until then, the team was always better to nine and from O Rei, things changed.

The last big "10" has been Barcelona's Ronaldinho Gaucho but has followed the Tens wake of other big as were Luis Suarez, Hugo Sotil, Romario or Maradona. Globally, Messi is destined to follow in the footsteps of big aces as Platini, Zico or Totti.

The Barcelona not decide dorsal assigned to each player until the end of the preseason. The group has traveled to Scotland is not far from the final facing the season. On the one hand, is expected to produce another incorporation, while on the other hand there various players who have travelled to Scotland, but are in chapel while waiting for an exit. There are cases of Gudjohnsen, Eto 'o Oleguer, three players aware that do not fall within the technical plans and they are looking for equipment. However, as a matter of logic and hierarchy, the dorsal 7, 9 and 23 remain remain the property of these three footballers.

By the same token, veterans who had kept the dorsal last season and nobody has indicated preference for change numbers, except for Messi. "Nothing is closed, but Messi bearing the number ten next season seems the most natural, a circumstance that everyone assumes beyond discussion," commented one member of the expedition upon arrival in Edinburgh. For now, T-shirts that have led to the stage only have the numbers to look back and no name engraved.

In Barcelona, Messi has played so far with 19 because 10 was exclusive Ronaldinho, who will now accompany the dorsal 80. Dress ten behind his back would mean for the Argentine to reach the degree of leadership that demands quality and note that the draft of the new Barcelona lead Guardiola revolve around the Argentine.