Lionel MessiFor all his devoted fans, it is now unquestionable that Lionel Messi has cemented his status as the greatest football player of all time or as some part of his fandom prefer calling him, The G.O.A.T – a title he indisputably deserves.

The absence of a World Cup winner's medal has long been Exhibit A in the argument about why Messi does not rank above Pele and Diego Maradona in football's pantheon.

But with Argentina's victory over France in Sunday's jaw-dropping World Cup final in Doha, the case against the 35-year-old maestro is now surely closed.