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Barcelona captain Lionel Messi ‘feels like a midfielder now’

Lionel Messi seems to love giving interviews at the moment, and his recent chat with TyC Sports also made for interesting reading when he talked about his playing position.

The Barcelona captain says he feels more like a midfielder than a forward these days and talked about how he likes to drop back and build the play as well as put the ball in the back of the net.

“Now, I feel like a midfielder. Someone who builds attacks and creates goals rather than scoring them. I like to come more from the back, to have the ball and to create but also to get there and to score goals.