To Clement Lenglet’s mind, Lionel Messi will always be a Barcelona player. Whatever he achieves at Paris Saint-Germain, however many goals he scores, however many trophies he wins, the connection between Messi and Barcelona will remain.
That same bond exists, says Lenglet, between Tottenham and Harry Kane, wherever the England striker may end up.
‘When you stay a long time in the same place and you achieve so many good things with the club it means you become a part of this club,’ says Spurs defender Lenglet, on loan from Barcelona.