Messi sends signed shirt to Mueller after breaking record

Lionel Messi has sent a signed shirt to Gerd Mueller after the Argentina forward broke the former Germany striker’s record for the number of goals scored in a calendar year in 2012. “For Gerd Mueller, my respect and admiration, a hug,” Messi wrote on the shirt, which had his name and number 10 on the back. [caption id=“attachment_582785” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Messi finished last year with 91 goals for Barcelona and Argentina. Getty Images[/caption] Messi finished last year with 91 goals for Barcelona and Argentina, six more than Mueller netted for Bayern Munich and Germany in 1972. The 25-year-old Argentine, known as ’the flea’ while Mueller’s nickname was ’torpedo’, collected an unprecedented fourth FIFA Ballon d’Or award on Monday. Reuters