The records that Xavi Hernández still maintains at FC Barcelona have little more than two newscasts left like the one who says. The Argentine star, Leo Messi, has every day closer the possibility of snatching the two that the legendary player from Blaugrana still keeps intact.
The first to fall will be the Barcelona player with the most matches in the League championship. Messi will add his 475 match in Mallorca in this competition, standing only thirty from the midfielder, who with 505 is the player in the history of the club with the most matches in the domestic tournament – far, in any case, from goalkeeper Andoni Zubizarreta who leads the table with 622 (301 in Barcelona) -. Taking into account that ten more games will remain, Leo could end the campaign with 485 games, only twenty of the record of the Egarense. A figure that would exceed without any problem next season.
The other record that the Argentine crack would also have at his fingertips, but it will have to be worked a little more, is that of the player with the most games in the history of FC Barcelona. Currently, Messi has 718, so he could end the season, at least, with 730 (11 in the League and 1 in the Champions). He would have 38 more games ahead to overcome Xavi, who with 767 leads the Blaugrana table with more participations.
In any case, and except for catastrophe, it seems that these two records will fall on the Argentine side in 2021 at the latest. Before then, two prey that he has within range will have fallen: the record of 'pichichis' that he has right now tied with Telmo Zarra in six, and that of top scorer in a single club, since with his 627, he is already only 16 of to reach Edson Arantes do Nascimiento, Pelé (643) in the Brazilian Santos. A record that, after almost five decades, is very close to changing its owner.