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Messi is an alien and deserves to win a trophy with Argentina - Sorin

A former national teammate of the Barcelona star believes there's no stopping him on the pitch and he is overdue international success

Ex-Argentina international Juan Pablo Sorin has described Lionel Messi as "an alien" and expressed his hopes that the country can reward his performances with silverware before he retires.

Sorin played briefly with Messi in the national team set-up before retiring in 2009.

Having seen the Barcelona star perform up close and now from afar, Sorin conceded there's no stopping Messi at his best and stressed he deserves some international silverware for all he's done in attempting to rebuild the Argentina team.