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Diego	"I have seen the player who will inherit my place in Argentine football and his name is Lionel Messi – Messi is a genius." "Messi is a genius and he can become an even better player. His potential is limitless and I think he's got everything it takes to become Argentina's greatest player." "He is beautiful to watch—my kind of player in our blue and white jersey." "He's a leader and is offering classes in beautiful football." "He has something different to any other player in the world."
Pele	"I like Messi a lot, he’s a great player. Technically, we’re practically at the same level." "I think Leo Messi. He is a skilled player, gives assists, passes, scores, dribbles well. If we were in a team together, the opponents would have to worry about two players, not just one. Today Messi is the most complete player." Pele has been asked who is the best football player for him and he answered Messi. He said that there were several good players in the last ten years but the Argentine is definetely "the player who was the most consistent all those years, no doubt". He also talked about Messi's rival Cristiano Ronaldo and said that he can't compare to him. "Then Cristiano Ronaldo (of Real Madrid) came late but it is different because Messi is the more organised, he scores goals". Pele compared the Portuguese to Ronaldo from Brazil. He's obviously a good player as well but not as good as Messi. "He is a good scorer, no doubt, but to me as a player it is Messi".
Tostão	"Messi is better than Maradona; he is more complete, more consistent, more spectacular. He is reinventing the game – a mix of the real and the virtual."
Ronaldinho	"Every time he plays, Leo Messi reminds me more of Maradona, both left-footed and short, Messi is the best player in the world. For us it is not a surprise. Since he began to come and train with us and we knew we would go down this path. Someday I will explain that I was at the birth of one of the footballing greats: Leo Messi." "He is my good friend. I could see even at a young age he was going to be the best. It was exciting to see this kid who could do things most players can only dream of." "Messi for the last three or four years has been the best player in the world—he has been at a level of consistency I don't think the world has seen before." "The only regret is not playing more seasons with Lionel Messi."
Ronaldo	"There is no doubt that Messi is the best player in the world."
Roberto Carlos	«Разница между Месси и Криштиану Роналду в том, что аргентинец пришел в команду, которая тогда была меньше, чем «Аякс» или «Интер» и сделал ее величайшей в мире. А Криштиану сраузу попал в большой клуб. Сейчас «Барселона» страдает без Месси, а «Мадрид» без Криштиану продолжает побеждать. Самым важным игроком игроком всегда был Лео Месси. А теперь, когда он выиграл чемпионат мира, говорить, что он не лучший в истории, — полная чепуха»
Kaká	"Lionel Messi is a genius, a pure talent. I played with Cristiano and he's really amazing, but I'll go with Messi, the way he plays is incredible."
Neymar	"Messi's history in the sport is so important, he has won a lot of trophies and I will be cheering for him. He is a friend, he is my teammate and I wish him luck."
Romario	“Newton and Einstein had a certain level of autism – I hope that, like them, Messi surpasses himself every day and continues to give us his beautiful brand of football.”
Casemiro	"I think he's a player who falls in love with everyone who sees him. We need to make that clear. He's a player who... everybody who loves football, loves messi. He's such a player. Perhaps he's in the TOP 3 in football history. It's hard to talk about the TOP 3 in history because there are so many people, so many football moments... Pelé, Maradona, Di Stéfano in his time, Cristiano in his time, Ronaldinho in his time, Zidane in his time. "It's hard to talk about just one GOAT, but he's certainly among the greatest in history." «Месси оставил свой след, это невозможно отрицать. Он всегда был моим соперником, играя за «Барселону» и Аргентину, от него было не скрыться. Но те, кто любят футбол, любят Месси. Играть против него было приятно. Для этого парня не нужны слова. Им просто нужно восхищаться»
Marquinhos	"Leo Messi is a genius and a special player, and despite his age he will always do great things. As a friend and colleague, I enjoyed him very much in Paris and developed with him in all aspects." "Tomorrow, unfortunately, Messi will be an opponent, and I spoke with my colleagues not to stop him because that would not be the right word, but to limit his participation in the game. He is an amazing player and we must be careful with him because most of what Argentina does goes through Messi."
Thiago Silva	"Messi is a special player, certainly the best attacker I’ve played against to date, but I think comparing players from different generations is difficult. All I know is that he’s spectacular and already is definitely among the best ever."
Gilberto	"Messi's plaudits are hard to accept, we play in other countries and we do not see the local fans supporting our players there. Over 40,000 Brazilians applauded, and that's hard for who is on the field. When I see them applauding Messi I get annoyed."
Felipe Melo	"Messi is special, because when I kicked him, he would get up and come for another. He has no fear. Of the best ever." "Brazil is playing against the world champion and, on top of that, they have Messi, who for me is the best player in history alongside Pelé and Maradona." "Messi doesn't have the speed he had a few years ago, but he has much more vision in his game. Messi is still the best player in the world, it's insane, it's impressive." "If he doesn't have speed, he has other things that are much better than two, three, four, or five years ago. That's why he won the Ballon d'Or so many times. With the ball at his feet, he's fantastic, but even without the ball, his positioning to see where the ball arrives is remarkable." “I have a painting with Messi in my house so that my children and grandchildren can see that I played against him. He is the best footballer I’ve faced. It’s normal that many Brazilians love him, he is a world idol.” “He is the best player I have seen play. If he doesn't score 3 goals, he will create 3 goals. That's the difference, that's why people like to play with Messi.”
Luiz Felipe Scolari	"The only bad thing about Ronaldo’s life is Messi. If it was not for him, Ronaldo would be the best player in the world for five years in a row." "The greatest joy of my career, which would surpass all of my titles would be to coach Messi. Coaching Messi would bring me more joy than all of the titles I won as a coach."
Pep Guardiola	“You know why Messi is the best player I ever seen in my life, because he is a competitor, an animal; (when you pass the ball you have to keep attacking the goal post — you have to score the goal guys) Messi passes the ball and goes in like a Machine — he smells the ball.” "One day I will tell my grandchildren that I trained Leo Messi. With Messi you have to speak to him in small doses and listen carefully to the little that he says. Don't write about him, don't try to understand how he does it, just watch him!" "He's the best [ever], there is no other like him. The numbers speak for themselves. One day he'll score six. We'll never see a player like him again." "We witnessed one of Messi's special nights tonight, it's a gift and I will always be able to say that I coached him." "The throne belongs to him and only he will decide when he wants to relinquish it." “You have to pay attention when Messi goes away. You walk through the match, analyzing the situation. When he receives the ball he has a complete analysis of space and time in his head. He knows where each player is and boom, assists or scores taking on several rivals.” “I feel sorry for those who are trying to occupy the throne of Leo Messi, I promise you it's impossible, Messi is the best ever, he can do everything a footballer should do, he's a perfect player and he keeps doing it every three days.” “Lo siento por quienes intentan ocupar el trono de Leo Messi. Les prometo que es imposible: este futbolista es el mejor de todos. Es capaz de hacer absolutamente todo lo que tiene que hacer un futbolista perfecto. Y lo hace cada tres días.”
Johan Cruyff	"He deserves 10 out of 10 for doing what he does. He is a sensation, but still he can improve. He must know when to move the ball on quickly and when to try the impossible mission. When he learns this, he won't win a single Golden Ball, but an entire collection." "For the world of football, Messi is a treasure because he is role model for children around the world… Messi will be the player to win the most Ballons d'Or in history. He will win five, six, seven. He is incomparable. He’s in a different league." "Barca play a type of football which delights everyone in the world and they have a coach with great human qualities, something that is extremely important nowadays." "Messi has a lot of quality and he fits in very well in the team." "Messi is much more of a team player than Cristiano. He gives passes, produces many more assists... so for me, as a player, not a goalscorer, although he also scores a lot, the best is Messi. For me, there's a great difference between being a great player and a goalscorer."
Franz Beckenbauer	"Messi is a genius. He has everything. When I watch him, I see a player who is very, very, skilful, very clever and his left foot is like Diego Maradona's."
Gerd Müller	"My record stood for 40 years and now the best player in the world has broken it. I'm happy for him. Messi is fantastic. An incredible player, a giant. And such a nice and modest guy. Only one defect: he doesn't play at Bayern."
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge	"Nobody was so wonderful at 19 years, neither Pele nor Maradona." "A player like him doesn’t deserve to be booed. When I see scenes like that, my heart bleeds." "Without Messi, Barcelona had their soul ripped out."
Jürgen Klinsmann	"Messi coming to MLS has been a fantastic move. He will carry the MLS for the next 2–3 yrs or how long he decides to play...I watch all of his games with Inter Miami and I can't wait to watch his next game. I love watching that kid."
Toni Kroos	"In terms of assists, I would leave Leo Messi aside because he is special, he does everything on the pitch, that no one can do, score and assist for fun as well as scoring free-kicks and many other things. Leo is exactly what every player wants in his team. Out of nowhere, he's able to lead the team through, he's not world class, but Messi's class."
Mario Gómez	"I am not crazy enough to compare myself with Messi because he is the best there ever was and the best there will ever be."
Thomas Müller	"Who would I like to have dinner with between Messi and Ronaldo? The answer is clearly Messi. I played great matches against him, I won the biggest title against him and I have a few questions. Because after all, due to the style of play, I think we both assisted a lot of goals, he much more than me, and we are similar in the last pass. Don't worry, I know he can dribble much better than me. But I do think it would be much more interesting to have dinner with him. I really like Messi." "For me, the GOAT is Lionel Messi because he makes people say ‘I'll go to the stadium because of his elegance."
Philipp Lahm	"Argentina is the world champion. And I am very happy that Messi has made Argentina's dream come true. As much as Messi broke down in 2014, I probably felt worse as a player. I always consider Messi as the best player and he is always the best. I am very happy that the World Cup is in the hands of the best footballer in the world."
Bobby Charlton	"I think now Messi is probably done more than most players. But he is in the same class as Alfredo de Stefano, Johan Cruyff, Pelé. When he finishes and he retires, he will automatically become one of them. A player that people will talk about forever, while the game of football is as good and as popular as it is. He is a sensational player."
Alfredo Di Stéfano	"I am also amazed with Messi, what he is doing is very good. He contributes alot of very good things for the team. He is an individualist, but he always plays for the team.He covers well at the back, is organized and finishes well with both feet. He is mischievous, and is a very intelligent player. He applies pressure just where the pressure is needed."
Cristiano Ronaldo	"Amazing player, he is magic, top. As a person, we share the stage 16 years, imagine, 16 years we share. So, I have great relationship with him. I'm not a friend of him in terms of, what I mean friend is the guy who was with you in your house, speaking on the phone, no, but it's like a team-mate. He's a guy that I really respect the way he always speaks about me. Even his wife or and my girlfriend, they always respect and they're from Argentina. My girlfriend is from Argentina. So good. What I am going to say about Messi? A great guy who does great things for football." "He’s a great player, but the only relationship I have with him is a professional one. I do respect him a lot as a professional football player. Messi’s left foot is very good — I would like to have that."
Luis Figo	"For me, to watch Messi play is a pleasure – it’s like having an orgasm – it’s an incredible pleasure."
Bernardo Silva	“If I played with Messi, I’d able to say that I played with the best in history it would be a pleasure.”
Gabriel Milito	"I hit him in a 2006 World Cup training because it was impossible to stop him." It's not a fielder and never spare, it just played like this: it started and stopped, it started again and again it stopped. One day he did when they were winning by several goals in a practice and I hit him. I later went to him to apologize. He used to dance us. Around the World Cup I told my old man I met one who was going to be the greatest of them all. 'Impossible, no one was born who can be better than Maradona', he answered me. It's what we had always believed. But Leo showed up."
Hernán Crespo	“Messi was handsome, handsome to start off. They fucked him up and stood up, showed it back. There's something that reminded me... in that match with Poland, Messi stands up and shows it to Lewandowski. And he has the chance to play but he showed it and hid it challenged him like in the hood over all that was talked about. That reminded me of the 2006 World Cup. We were playing a match and between Coloccini, Burdisso, Scaloni, Cufré, they were hitting him pretty hard. But the more you hit him the more he stood up and the more he faced you. Until a moment we all saw, from the silence but from the football irreverence, that always asked for it back. She's earned the respect of everyone. From there, taking a few matches with the defenders, they said: 'That's it, this guy doesn't get hit anymore. It's just like that'."
Juan Sebastián Véron	"I see Maradona every time he grabs the ball and accelerates. We must protect him. I'd personally put him in a drawer of my bedside table."
Emiliano Martínez	"We all know that there is someone who completed football and that someone is Messi. Won it all at Barcelona, at PSG. Many Leagues, Ligue 1, Cups, Champions League, but something was missing in his career, a trophy with Argentina. In Copa America he put the team on his shoulders and after 28 years without titles, he won. Then we played the Finalissima against the European Champion at Wembley and we did it again. And then there was only the World Cup. We as a team were like: ‘Imagine Messi getting it?’ What else would he have left? He won it ALL. Broke all the records. Seven Golden Balls. I don't know if anyone in football can win seven balon d'Or. After the World Cup I said, 'football completed'. I think there will never be anyone like him in history.”
Rodrigo de Paul	“When he becomes your captain, you’d go to war for him.” Speaking on El Larguero, De Paul, who was asked to give his views on Messi, said: “He’s an alien. When you think he is going to lose it, he comes away with it. When you think he doesn’t see you, he leaves you 1vs1 against the keeper.”
Angel Di Maria	"When I am an old man I will tell my grandchildren bedtime stories about when I won the Champions League, hopefully when I won the World Cup, but most of all I will tell them that their grandfather used to play with Lionel Messi."
Maxi Rodriguez	"There is no doubt, you’re from another galaxy. Thanks Leo."
Javier Mascherano	"Although he may not be human, it’s good that Leo Messi still thinks he is." "In a few years PSG is going to regret having treated Messi like this, any team in the world would give anything to have him for five minutes, but it's a pity also for his fans, instead of enjoying him, they spent these two years insulting him. They didn't realize the kind of player they had in their team and instead of enjoying him they dedicated themselves to criticizing him. If there's one thing that can't be argued it's Lionel's professionalism, he's the best player ever. It's impossible to criticize him... "
Kun Agüero	"I have been in Europe for 15 years and I have not seen anyone like Messi, nobody even comes close!"
ფაილი:Jorge valdano panini 86.jpg Jorge Valdano	“The best player in the world is Messi. The second best player in the world is an injured Messi — he has no equal.” “Leo Messi was born to play football. He is the first genius of the 21st century.” "To be Messi you have to play football exceptionally well for 20 years." Let's see what weapons Mbappé fights with, which is a physical ability. But with the physical you reach a certain age, not your whole life. Messi is a superior talent, there is no doubt about it."
Gerardo Martino	"He sees passes that most people can only see whilst watching the game on TV, not ones that you can normally see on the pitch."
Diego Simeone	"Diego [Maradona] filled us with emotions. But between the cracks, without doubt, Messi is better than Maradona."
Mauricio Pochettino	"What Messi brings to a team, no other player can bring. Messi can break a match wide open."
Lionel Scaloni	"Leo Messi is the heritage of world football!"
Carlos Bilardo	"Messi defies the laws of anatomy, he must have an extra bone in his ankle."
Santiago Solari	“What’s really incredible is his consistency. It’s practically inhuman to keep going like him. What Messi has achieved, far outweighs what Cristiano has done.”
Julio Grondona	"Without Messi there isn't a team for Argentina. Messi is brilliant, different, with a strong mentality. Let's hope he doesn't change."
Michael Laudrup	“The Messi of the early years was a phenomenon, but he always wanted to finish off the move. Now he goes past one, two or three players and is happy to give an assist to a teammate, it makes him more dangerous than ever before.”
Gheorghe Hagi	"Messi or Cristiano? Cristiano Ronaldo is very good, but I prefer Messi. He’s incredible."
Hristo Stoichkov	"Once they said they can only stop me with a pistol. Today you need a machine gun to stop Messi."
İlkay Gündoğan	“Leo Messi is he greatest football player of all time. No one has as much quality as him.”
Luka Modrić	"Yes Ronaldo is good player long time i play with him at Madrid as a like friends but whatever people say me no worries I play with many time in country or club i hear I feel for me from my side Messi win ballon d'or award 2023 and he is best player all time."
Radomir Antić	"Messi is the Mozart of football."
Yaya Touré	"The best player I've played with is Messi. Ever hear Tevez and Evra say Cristiano Ronaldo works very hard but Messi is different. He's a genius. It's a natural thing. He's got his mind on the game. Aguero's kind of person. Try to make everything easy. Earlier when I was in the locker room, he would say 'I'm going to pipe this player or the other.' That's why when I approached him, I thought 'no, please to my no.' And as a rival I suffered a lot, I was watching my family and just praying that nothing happened to him. Leo is the best player in the world."
Emmanuel Adebayor	"He told me someone else was coming to dinner and all of sudden Messi walked in. He looked so small so insignificant, and yet to me he was the world’s greatest player. For a moment, I wasn't even able to speak."
Didier Drogba	"I remember one story very well. Di Matteo, Chelsea manager at the time, did as usual and gave us a list of the opposing team's top scorers. It was by example lists with Wayne Rooney-22 goals, Robin van Persie-15 goals, and so on. Then, one day, we faced Barcelona and when he put the list of scorers, in third place there was Xavi with 14 goals, in second place Alexis Sanchez and Cesc Fàbregas were at 15 goals. But we all started laughing when the top scorer appeared on the screen. It was Leo Messi. with 63 goals including 14 goals in the Champions League. 63 goals this season! It was such a crazy number that we looked at each other with disbelieving faces and started laughing. What else could we do? I even took a picture of the number of goals because it was outrageous." Leo Messi scored 91 goals that year...
Samuel Eto'o	"Messi is God, as a person and even more as a player. I knew him when he was a boy and I've watched him grow. He deserves it all. I hope that he can win the World Cup with Argentina. He's a good boy and I wish him all the best."
Zlatan Ibrahimović	"Messi does not need his right foot. He only uses the left and he’s still the best in the world. Imagine if he also used his right foot, Then we would have serious problems." "We must stop comparing Lionel Messi with other players. Everyone knows that Messi is not comparable to any player, Messi is on one side and other players are on the other side."
Zinedine Zidane	"He makes the difference most of the time. In particular, he is always going forwards. He never passes the ball backwards or sideways. He has only one idea, to run towards the goal. So as a football fan, just enjoy the show." Zinedine Zidane on his first encounter with Lionel Messi in 2005: "We were going to the Camp Nou to play El Clásico, our concern were only players like Ronaldinho, Deco, Xavi and Eto’o… But Ronaldo told us that his only worry was a kid called Messi. "On the field we dominated Barça totally, but as soon as Rijkaard brought that kid on the field, the kid turned the game around. They had totally dominated us, he played like a robot, he won every duel he had until he got a penalty for Ronaldinho and they equalized. "It was from that day on that I knew that Messi would be a great football legend"
Thierry Henry	“What Leo does is so incredible that I have to be careful not to stand still watching him make his moves.”
Arsene Wenger	"Who is the Best Player in the World? Leo Messi. Who is the Best Player Ever? Leo Messi." "Messi is a footballer from a Play Station game. Things that are impossible to do, he makes them possible." “We all have to agree that the biggest achievement that happened to Paris club is that MESSI became a player for their team, they have to be more respectful and realize that he is the best player in the history of football.”
Christophe Galtier	“I had a privilege of coaching the best player in the history of football — this weekend it will be Messi’s last match at PSG at the Parc des Princes against Clermont”.
Frédéric Antonetti	"Messi is football, he breathes football. It's true that he walks a little, but even when he walks he understands football better than anyone else."
Frank Ribéry	"Messi is class. There is him, and then there is the rest. What he does is extraordinary."
Bacary Sagna	"He is the best in the world. Football seems easy when he plays it."
Eric Cantona	"Messi, he’s exceptional. When you watch him, you feel there’s a child inside him and he is making some childhood dream come true. He’s a Great Player, not only for today but also tomorrow." “Messi has to be from outer space right? There’s no way a human being can be so good.”
Alan Shearer	“He creates his goals from absolutely nothing — more so than anyone that I’ve ever seen.”
John Terry	"Lionel Messi is quite clearly the best player ever. It’s a pleasure to pit myself against him and when I finish my career it’s something I can look back on and know I’ve tested myself against the very best." "My kids love him," said Terry. "It's a pleasure because when you finish and look back - and the guy's still going to be going strong - you've tested yourself against the best. "And, quite clearly for me, he's the best ever. He's a great individual, a great person as well and a credit to the sport. "For me, he's got everything. He is magical."
Michael Owen	"I don’t think anyone can play the game of football as well as Messi." "I can’t believe anyone can have played the game of soccer as well as Messi."
David Beckham	"Messi is one of the best players I’ve played against and also one of the finest players I’ve ever seen." "They have similarities in their technical skills and talent, and it is amazing for football to have them both present, but Messi is simply the best player in the world. He [Messi] is alone in his class as a player, it is impossible that there is another like him. He, like Cristiano Ronaldo, who is not at his level, are both above the rest."
Gary Lineker	"Fella’s a genius. Best ever by a distance in my life time. Never really saw Pele… Souness, Gullit, Venables and now Rooney agree Messi is the best they have seen. He plays a game with which we are not familiar."
Robbie Fowler	"The best player EVER (Leo Messi) without a shadow, if you didn’t think/know already…"
Peter Crouch	"There will come a point when I will tell my grandchildren that I shared a pitch with Messi. It might have been only 2 minutes in the 2007 Champions, but it's on the tournament record. And I'll repeat them many times, because it's the best of all time."
Joey Barton	"Messi is the best that’s played the game. Streets ahead of Maradona."
Jude Bellingham	“I just think he has a good mix of numbers and the watch factor as well. You can just watch him and be like, ‘How does he do that.’ “Every time I watch him he does something and I think, ‘He can’t be human,’ so I think I’d say Messi.”
Andy Cole	"Regular readers will know I’m a fan of (Cristiano) Ronaldo, and an even bigger fan of the man who’s assumed his mantle with quite astonishing success, Wayne Rooney. But Messi is on a higher plain than even that pair."
Gary Neville	"This Guy (Messi) is the Best Player in the World, no doubt about that. I think we’re always nervous about calling people who are currently playing, who are young at 23, to say he’s the Best Player ever. But we shouldn’t be. We should admit what we are seeing in front of our eyes. This is a special talent, who may be is the Best Player ever been seen."
Paul Scholes	"I am not ashamed to admit that in the games against Barcelona I spent a lot of the time just hoping he would take up positions as far away from me as possible. Elusive is the word that immediately springs to mind when I think about Messi’s style of play. You think you have an eye on him and then – blink – he has gone, only to reappear somewhere else in space, with the ball." "You can't imagine how strong Messi is. You think you got it under control and then it's gone. I'm not ashamed to admit that in those matches against Barça I spent a lot of time wanting him to act as far away from me as possible."
Wayne Rooney	"Ronaldo is ruthless in the box, a killer. But Messi will torture you before he kills you. For me, Messi is the best." "Messi is a Joke, for me he is the Best Ever!" "Despite my friendship with Cristiano, I'll stick with Messi. Cristiano is ruthless in the hood. A killer. Messi is so, but the difference is that he tortures you before he kills you. "
Radamel Falcao	"Is Messi a real player or a Play Station character?"
David Silva	“My dream XI. Upfront I’d choose Messi. For me he’s the all-time best player.”
Luis Enrique	"Without any doubt, Lionel Messi is the best in the world! For me, he is the best in the history of football." "Messi is the best in the world without any doubt and for me in the history of football."
Mikel Arteta	"It is as if someone commands him from the stands, like a video game. I have never seen a human run with the ball at that speed. I have not seen Maradona so I cannot compare, but Messi is simply unbeatable."
Xavi Hernandez	"It is clear that Messi is on a level above all others. Those who do not see that are blind."
Andres Iniesta	"Football isn’t an individual game—it’s a team sport where by working together, all of our individual abilities have a better chance to shine. I’m better with Leo, Leo’s better with us—that’s the important thing: that we are all aware of our responsibility in making things work."
David Villa	“Messi does incredible things, his stats make you cover your eyes. He cannot be compared to anyone.”
Carles Puyol	"This Barca will be remembered as Messi’s Barca. Lionel Messi is well above anything else I’ve ever seen. He is an alien." "He is a spectacular player, there is nobody else like him. I should not because I have suffered so much in training. I think he is the best forward at the moment and I think he will be so for many more years. He has his feet on the ground."
Sergio Ramos	"There was suffering for several years playing against Leo Messi. I am now enjoying him. He is the best player football has ever produced."
Gerard Piqué	"It feels good to be in the same generation as him. I believe he’s the best player in the history of the sport."
Thiago Alcantara	"We give him the ball and stand back and watch. People often say to me they saw Pele and Maradona play. In the future, I will be able to say I saw Messi play."
Julio Salinas	“If Gary Lineker is saying that Messi is making him realise just how sh*t he was — then imagine how the rest of us feel.”
Albert Ferrer	"I played with Romario, Rivaldo, Ronaldo, Laudrup and Stoichkov but Messi is the best I’ve seen."
Marc Cucurella	"The most amazing thing about Messi is when you watch his matches or when you play with him and you see him walking a lot but he doesn't walk, he watches everything and looks for spaces. When he receives the ball he has the information about the blanks in his mind and is ready to hit the other team."
Lobo Carrasco	Lobo Carrasco compartió su opinión sobre Messi y Maradona, las características que los diferencian y aquello que los hace geniales. "Messi lo que tiene es consistencia, de 100 partidos, juega bien en 99 de ellos", comenta en su editorial para el Diario AS. "Pero Maradona tenía la gran virtud de prácticamente desafiar a la física. Maradona y Messi están en el olimpo de los dioses junto con Pelé y Cruyff".
Arda Turan	"Messi or Ronaldo best player in the world? In the world, I would say Ronaldo. Messi is from another planet." "I have never seen anyone like Leo Messi. He is a miracle from God! I like it when he does his things on the field. It's not jealousy - I feel good, for instance, when he nutmegs someone."
Sandro Rosell	"Barca will never have a player like Messi again. Messi’s greatness is present on and off the field of play."
Raul	"The other day I saw one of his games. He was running with the ball at a hundred per cent full speed, I don’t know how many touches he took, maybe five or six, but the ball was glued to his foot. It’s practically impossible." "The footballer who surprised me the most in my career was Messi. I was lucky to play with Ronaldo, Zidane, Figo, CR7, but Messi is different. He makes everything look easy, even the impossible. "You see him play and it's like he's on the street with friends."
Vicente del Bosque	"Messi or Ronaldo? I prefer Messi because he is more of a street player."
Tito Vilanova	“Messi the best player in the world by far. I don’t think we’ll ever see a player like him again.”
Jose Mourinho	"When Messi has the ball, one on one, you’re dead." "The best way to stop Messi is when you play with 11 men and then you can double mark him, one player to stay on him and the other to help out. If it is 11 against 10 then you have almost no chance of stopping him." "Messi has been the most dangerous rival I've had. Whenever I had to confront him, I spent hours and hours thinking of how to collectively stop him, since it's impossible to mark the man. Messi made me a better coach." „I had to put 8 or 7 players to monitor Messi if there was a counterattack because of his speed, but despite that, he eluded them all and scored. What Messi did will not be repeated by any player in the future.“ "The winner celebrates and the loser explains. Leo Messi is a winner. You can imagine the pressure of losing a World Cup final, two Copa America finals and coming back stronger to win three trophies for your country in a year and half. The World Cup is just a signature to confirm his greatness. He's been hammered by criticism and comparisons over the last few years of failing to win an international trophy, but he continued to do what he does best, here he is a world champion. He did his job, now you can imagine what he will do when he returns to club football, play without worries and without pressure. He will certainly show us other hidden moments that remain in his unparalleled talent."
Marco Van Basten	"Cristiano is a great player, but those who say he is better than Messi knows nothing about football."
Frank Rijkaard	"Leo’s goals are works of art." "He's a unique player and he deserves it, because he can do things of almost imperceptible excellence and is a gem to watch."
Edgar Davids	"He is an anomaly. The rest will have to wait until he falls off a little bit.”
Ruud van Nistelrooy	"Messi is on a different level. The fact he is doing what he is year after year says that he is the best of all time."
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar	"Who’s better, Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo? Messi. Ronaldo is good, but Messi is 10 times better."
Aleksander Čeferin	"Without Messi, Argentina will not even reach the quarter-finals of the WC. When you don't know what to do with the ball on the field, you just have to pass the ball to Messi."
Massimo Moratti	"Messi is the only player for whom I would go crazy."
Adriano Galliani	"Messi is the best player ever. And this is said by someone who has seen Maradona and Pele play."
Carlo Ancelotti	“Casillas saying he wouldn’t sign Messi for Madrid? Messi has a place in every team in the world.”
Arrigo Sacchi	"He's a unique player who has it all. He's a lethal finisher, but he's also capable of tracking back into midfield to help his side." "He's impossible to mark. You need your whole team to be working to perfection to have any chance of trapping him. What we're witnessing is a true footballing genius. He's like Maradona. There's nobody around like him at the moment." "Messi is the best in the world today but he lacks the personality of Diego. Maradona could play anywhere. It Italy [during Maradona’s era] they did not play beautiful football. It may be a bit better now but Italian football is very difficult, possession is hard to maintain. Yet, Maradona had the edge in Italy and in Spain. Nobody could stop Maradona."
Fabio Capello	"In my entire life I have never seen a player of such quality and personality at such a young age, particularly wearing the ‘heavy’ shirt of one of the world’s great clubs." "Cristiano Ronaldo knows English and Leo Messi knows football."
Alessandro Del Piero	“Messi is the real deal when it comes to Number 10s. He represents a type of football that transcends borders.”
Paolo Maldini	"I think he reached and surpassed the level of Maradona. He does incredible things, at a speed that is insane."
Gennaro Gattuso	"What Messi does I see him doing on the PlayStation when I play with my son." "He's a champion who has unrepeatable numbers and is also an example for children." "He's been playing at an unimaginable level for years, the only difference is that he now has a beard."
Antonio Cassano	"Ronaldinho is better than Cristiano Ronaldo, but neither are as good as Leo Messi." "Paris should thank Messi for choosing them. After 100 years, everyone will ask about Messi's teams and their name will be mentioned. Whoever whistles at him does not understand anything about the ball. I am convinced and hope that he will get rid of them in the summer."
Francesco Totti	"There is only one player who is doing things that I could never do — and that is Messi."
Gianluigi Buffon	"Messi is a once in a generation player. It’s unlikely that any human being will repeat his numbers."
Giorgio Chiellini	"To stop Cristiano Ronaldo, you have to prevent him from getting the ball in the box – to stop Lionel Messi, you have to pray, because he is unstoppable!"
Mario Balotelli	"There’s only one that is a little stronger than me: Messi. All the othersare behind me." "For the good of football, please don't compare [Messi] to Man udt’s Number 7 [Ronaldo] again," "If we're talking statistically, they're the same, But as someone who played against both, I can say that, in my opinion, Messi is out of this world, embarrassing. You can never get the better of him. "In terms of quality, Messi is better than everyone. I'm convinced that if you ask a defender if they would rather play against Messi or Ronaldo, they would have no doubts.I leave the statistics to journalists, but it's like comparing [Diego] Maradona and Pelé. "Pele scored more goals than Maradona, but when Maradona touched the ball, he was something else."
Gerry Armstrong	"I have played against Platini, Maradona, Cruyff and played with George Best — a lot of big names, but none of them has been able to do what Messi does. Two years ago I said that the best player I played against was Maradona and the best player I have played with was Bestie. But I can now say I have never seen a player as good as Messi. He's in a league of his own."
Roy Keane	"I was a big fan of Maradona growing up and of the current crop Ronaldo is good but Messi is the best I’ve ever seen. I don’t dish out praise lightly but Messi deserves it. I look for weaknesses in his game and I can’t find them."
Alex Ferguson	"Critics have always questioned whether players like Pele from the 50s could play today. Lionel Messi could play in the 1950s and the present day, as could Di Stefano, Pele, Maradona, Cruyff because they are all great players. Lionel Messi without question fits into that category." Ronaldo's mentor Sir Alex Ferguson said after Messi's performance against Man United on the night of April 16, 2019: "The Messi I saw 10 years ago was on verge of being the best, the Messi I saw today is already the greatest ever."
Graeme Souness	"Lionel Messi is the Best Player Ever."
Robert Snodgrass	“We’re all going to look back in 15 to 20 years time and say we were lucky enough to watch Messi play.”
Harry Redknapp	"Lionel Messi is the most amazing player I have ever seen."
Jürgen Klopp	"Messi is the Best. There must be life out there somewhere, on some other planet. Because he is too good and we are just too bad for him." "Messi or Cristiano? I answer you like this: I only have one selfie on my phone and it's with Messi. And Cristiano was in the same spot when I took it."
Edinson Cavani	“Messi has been the best player in the world for the last 7 years. He doesn’t talk, doesn’t complain, he just plays football.”
Diego Godín	"I am the second player who faced Messi the most in his career; it is a statistic that they told me recently,” Godin said. “He is a player who, like Maradona or Pelé at the time, marked an era. He is the best in the world and also very respectful. You hit him and he doesn’t b—h, unless you get him in a bad mood." “It’s difficult to mark him because, although we all prepare to defend against the best in the world, he manages to continue scoring 50 goals per season. There you see the quality of the player: Everyone studies him every weekend, but his quality is enough to solve.” “Seeing him win made me happy because, in Uruguay, people empathized a lot with this team,” Godin said. “It is obvious that we are rivals and we always want to beat Argentina, but this team generated something different. For the coach, of whom they speak wonders to me, for how they declared and, precisely, for seeing Messi being a man on the field, playing the World Cup of his life and with the team on his shoulder.” “The matches were very exciting, suffered, and we like that better at the Río de la Plata. In Uruguay, everyone wanted Argentina to win because of Messi.” "I suffered a lot with Messi in La Liga, without him I would have won a lot more things with Atletico Madrid, he is the best player in the world, he is a phenomenon and he has a perfect attitude..."
Sergei Semak	«Месси или Роналду? Для меня, конечно, Месси. Роналду — бомбардир, он забивает кучу прекрасных мячей, а Месси — это невероятный космический интеллект. То, что может Месси, Криштиану, наверное, не сможет. Но это всё равно разные созвездия».
Kobe Bryant	"I wear Number 10 Jersey for the US National Team in honor of the Greatest athlete I have ever seen, Messi."
LeBron James	"Messi is the best player in the world. If he’s not already, he’ll be the best footballer of all time."
Usain Bolt	"Messi or Cristiano – Speed? Cristiano. Shot? Cristiano. Dribbling? Messi. Intelligence? Messi. Talent? Messi. Winner is Messi!"
Novak Djokovic	"Messi is the best player on the planet and he keeps on improving at Barça, now the best team in the world. What Messi does on and off the pitch is an inspiration for children who dream of becoming a footballer."
Roger Federer	"Lionel Messi's goal-scoring records and championship wins need no recounting here. What stands out to me about Messi, 35, is his consistent greatness over so many years. This is so difficult to achieve, and then maintain. He dribbles like a magician, and his angular passes are works of art. His awareness and anticipation are almost beyond comprehension." "My career has just come to an end. I now realize how much weight we athletes carry. But in our daily lives, we don't even realize it. For a football player like Messi, that weight likely feels more massive, as he represents both a world-renowned club and a very passionate country. Argentina's World Cup victory was magnificent. Millions of fans' taking to the streets of Buenos Aires to celebrate was an amazing moment in sports, witnessed around the world. Even those who don't follow football must have realized the true impact of the world's most popular game." "Growing up, Diego Maradona and Gabriel Batistuta were my favorite Argentine players. I was lucky enough to meet both of them. They inspired me. Now Messi can inspire future generations. I can only hope we get to see his unique creativity and artistry for a little bit longer. Don't blink too often as Messi performs on the pitch. You may miss something incredible from the man of the moment."