The era of MSN is over at Barcelona as Catalan press dub new attacking trio as Messi, Messi, Mess
Neymar has gone, Luis Suarez is injured... Lionel Messi and his mercurial skills are left to go it alone
THE 'MSN' era is dead and buried.
That's the verdict of the Catalan press now Neymar has left Barcelona and Luis Suarez is injured.
So with the accent placed so heavily on the mercurial shoulders of Lionel Messi the 'MSN' line-up has been replaced by 'MMM.'
Despite it all Barca have enjoyed a smashing start to the season - with Messi in full flow.
The spectacular Argentine goal machine has been in scintillating form.
He was definitely near to his very best on Tuesday in the 3-0 Champions League thumping of last season's finalists Juventus.
The Catalans have also won their first three La Liga games, sitting top of the table after scoring nine and conceding none.
Messi, 30, has scored seven in his past three outings, including two in that win over Juve.
In fact, he has amazingly also scored a brace in 10 league games in a row.
With Messi in such great form, Barcelona continue to be one of the strongest teams in Europe.
But can 'MMM' carry the burden for the whole season?