Stephen Gerrard posted the following message on his Instagram account remembering the Argentine's history and impressive numbers.
'701 games, 565 goals, 231 assists, 31 trophies won, 1 legendary career', the former Liverpool captain wrote as well as describing Messi as 'the best ever'.
happy birthday to the best ever @leomessi .
A post shared by Steven Gerrard (@stevengerrard) on Jun 24, 2017 at 2:06am PDT