Barcelona Ceremony planned in Catalonia

The Antigua Fabrica Estrella Damm in Barcelona city centre will be the scene of Lionel Messi collecting his fourth Golden Boot trophy on Friday after the hotshot forward bagged 37 league goals in the 2017/18 campaign.

Having been pushed all the way by Sporting CP striker Bas Dost, the Argentine claimed his fourth edition of the European top scorer award which he also won in 2009/10, 2011/12 and 2012/13.

Scheduled to begin at 13:15 on Friday, Messi will go level with Cristiano Ronaldo when he picks up the gong after a spell of the Portuguese winger dominating the prize alongside Luis Suarez.

In fact, Friday's venue was also where Suarez picked up his two Golden Boot trophies and Barcelona will send a number of players and board members to attend the ceremony, including club president Josep Maria Bartomeu.

MARCA will oversee proceedings as the Spanish member of European Sports Media, the organisation in charge of the award.