Messi, Fernandes, De Bruyne: Who has the most assists in Europe’s top five leagues in 2020?

Lionel Messi won’t bear in mind the 12 months 2020 too fondly.

The Barcelona famous person endured a torrid finish to the 2019/20 marketing campaign, earlier than publicly declaring that he needed to go away the membership.

Messi finally remained in Catalonia as he did not need to enter right into a authorized battle with the crew he is spent his complete skilled profession with.

Nevertheless, the summer season saga has evidently impacted his kind this season and it is truthful to say that we’re but to see the Argentine maestro at his easiest in 2020/21.

However that does not imply Messi’s 2020 has been a catastrophe from a statistical perspective. The truth is, the 33-year-old delivered extra assists than different participant in Europe’s prime 5 leagues over the course of the 12 months.

Let’s check out the 23 gamers to have registered 10 or extra assists in considered one of Europe’s prime 5 leagues in 2020…

Stats from Transfermarkt.

23. Iago Aspas (Celta Vigo) – 10 assists

22. Ciro Motionless (Lazio) – 10 assists

21. Joshua Kimmich (Bayern Munich) – 10 assists

20. Kylian Mbappe (Paris Saint-Germain) – 10 assists

19. Harry Kane (Tottenham) – 10 assists

18. Henrikh Mkhitaryan (AS Roma) – 10 assists

17. Jadon Sancho (Borussia Dortmund) – 11 assists

16. Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo) – 11 assists

15. Vincenzo Grifo (Freiburg) – 11 assists

14. Leon Goretzka (Bayern Munich) – 11 assists

13. Marcus Rashford (Manchester United) – 11 assists

12. Jordi Alba (Barcelona) – 11 assists

11. Papu Gomez (Atalanta) – 12 assists

10. Dries Mertens (Napoli) – 12 assists

9. Andrew Robertson (Liverpool) – 12 assists

8. Alexis Sanchez (Inter Milan) – 12 assists

7. Christopher Trimmel (Union Berlin) – 12 assists

6. Angel Di Maria (Paris Saint-Germain) – 13 assists

5. Hakan Calhanoglu (AC Milan) – 15 assists

4. Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United) – 15 assists

3. Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester Metropolis) – 15 assists

2. Thomas Muller (Bayern Munich) – 17 assists

1. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) – 20 assists

Nicely performed, Leo.

The Argentine famous person is way over only a scorer of objectives, though his playmaking skills have barely abandoned him in 2020/21.

In his 14 La Liga appearances, Messi has contributed solely three assists, which by his ridiculously excessive requirements is trigger for concern.

Though, it’d in all probability assist if Barcelona hadn’t bought his finest pal Luis Suarez and left him with an out-of-form Antoine Griezmann to feed…

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