Lionel Messi pays respect to 'Der Bomber'

[Folami David]

Lionel Messi has sent a signed shirt to Gerd Muller after the Argentina stricker broke the former Germany stricker's record for the number of goals scored in a calendar year in 2012.
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'' For Gerd Muller, my respect and admiration, a hug '', Messi wrote on the shirt, which had his name and number 10 on the back.
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Messi finished last year with 91 goals for Barcelona and Argentina, six more than Mueller netted for Bayern Munich and Germany in 1972.
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The 25-year-old Argentine, known as 'the flea' while Muller nickname was 'torpedo', collected an unprecedented 4th Ballon d'Or award on Monday.