Lionel Messi is seriously cooking this season. It’s well publicised that the seven-time Ballon d’Or winner didn’t necessarily hit the ground running in his first year at Paris Saint-Germain, but it looks like he’s just come down with one of the best cases of second-season-syndrome that we’ve ever seen.
Simply put, PSG have flown out the blocks under Christophe Galtier’s stewardship and the clearest area of improvement has come in attack with Messi, Kylian Mbappe and Neymar finally starting to gel.
The French champions opened up their Ligue 1 season by battering Clermont 5-0, routing Montpellier 5-2 and annihilating Lille 7-1 with only a 1-1 draw with AS Monaco at the weekend halting their charge.
However, it was normal service resumed on Wednesday night as the Parisians returned to winning ways with a 3-0 triumph at Toulouse that showcased exactly how much Messi means business this season.