La Liga chief open to naming trophy after Lionel Messi

BARCELONA, Oct 31 (Omnisport): Lionel Messi is "the best in football history" and LaLiga president Javier Tebas is open to naming a trophy for the competition's best player in his honour.

Barcelona superstar Messi, a five-time Ballon d'Or winner, is LaLiga's all-time leading goalscorer on 390 and has lifted the title on 09 occasions.

The Spanish top-flight's end-of-season awards have not been handed out since the 2015-16 campaign due to a desire to reformat, and Tebas would be keen to show recognition for the 31-year-old in the same way daily sports newspaper Marca have named accolades after Telmo Zarra, Rafael 'Pichichi' Moreno and Ricardo Zamora.

Asked about dedicating a trophy to Messi, Tebas told the news agency, "I like that idea, we would have to think about.