Former Real Madrid player Julio Baptista praised the Barcelona's Lionel Messi. Baptista said that the  he is true professional and the club gets a lot of help from his performance.

During a virtual press conference, La Liga Ambassador Baptista said,"People talk about him a lot but he is a true professional and always has been. At the end of the day, Barcelona depends on him a lot. Each day, when Messi plays, Barcelona manage to get great help from him. He is highly disciplined."

Last year, Messi and Barcelona had a fallout after the striker had expressed his desire to leave the club. However, in the end, Messi stayed with the club as he did not want to settle matters in court. But since then, there has been a lot of speculations regarding his future and he has been linked to various clubs, including Paris Saint Germain (PSG) and Manchester City. La Liga games can be streamed online on Facebook Watch.

Barcelona currently holds the top spot on the La Liga table with 51 points from 20 games while the second-placed club Real Madrid have 46 points from 22 games. Barcelona sit on third position with 43 points from 21 games.

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