Key to their success this season has been the number of goals Lionel Messi has scored, with the Argentine netting 25 times during the current campaign and 90 times during the calendar year.

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Cano left his former agent to switch to Boras, who is known for netting his players massive contracts, and in a time when the Yankees are only one of a number of well-heeled franchises, the team is well aware Cano won't come cheap.

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