Lionel Messi finished the 2017-18 campaign with the 5th European Golden Shoe of his career

The Argentine is set to finish the campaign

 as

 the top goalscorer on the continent after 

finding the net on 34 occasions in La Liga

Lionel Messi is set to be confirmed as the 

winner of the 2017-18 European Golden

Shoe after smashing 34 goals for  Barcelona 

in their Liga-winning campaign.

Lionel Messi finished the 2017-18 campaign with the fifth European Golden Shoe of his career, collecting the prize for the second season in a row.

The Argentinian didn't start La Liga's final day against Real sociedad on Sunday - a match which also marked Andres Iniesta's last outing for Barcelona - but still collected the award despite being unable to add to his 34 league goals when he was introduced after 67 minutes.