Quotes About Football

Suarez and Neymar play the way they play because of him. They are great players but they are made greater by Messi.

Of course you have Messi and Ronaldo. And then you've got a lot of players who are very close to each other and I think Gareth Bale is one of them, like at the level of the best teams in the world. He could play for every team in the world. For me he's a world class player.

Messi and Ronaldo have dominated world football for a decade and, given the nature of football, at a certain point the baton will have to pass to someone else. I think Neymar has a great chance of filling that role.

How do you mark Ronaldo? You try not to leave him alone and don't let him shoot on his right foot. As for Messi... you just make the sign of the cross!

If Messi didn't have it clearly in his head that Barcelona have a winning project, maybe he would go, but Barcelona are always looking to have a winning project.

I think Cristiano and Lionel Messi are two of the best players in the history of the game. Are they better than Pele or Diego Maradona? They are at the top, but I think it is difficult in football to say who is first or second or third.

For me, Messi is the greatest player in history, the greatest player I've ever seen.

Messi is not human with the ball.

I was getting ready to take a free-kick in a game between Brazil and Argentina. Suddenly, I saw Messi behind me getting closer bit by bit, and he says 'are we going to Barcelona or not?' I said, 'if you want to bring me there, you can. I'll go.'

We always talk about Messi, but without Iniesta Barcelona are a different team.

Cristiano and Messi are different. Each one has their own history and credit.

Leo Messi is the best player in the world for me, but look at the others that have been at Barcelona.

Messi is a player with great ambition.

Perhaps Argentina have been benefited by the talent of Messi.

Whenever I'm asked about Cristiano Ronaldo or Lionel Messi, I always answer: 'Neymar is the best,' not just because of his goals but because of the ease with which he plays.

Messi is incredible and his history in football is marvellous.

Growing up, I loved Messi. I love how he dribbles, how he plays the game, it just makes it look so easy and it makes it look so fun.

Ronaldo is a great player. But those who claim that he is stronger than Messi do not understand football or are in bad faith.

To me, Messi is better than Maradona. I play with him, I see him every day, and to me he is the best.

There's no news on talking about Messi's talent.

I played against Maradona and he was a great player like Messi too.

I was always Team Cristiano. My brother was always Team Messi.

Cristiano Ronaldo is a match-winner too and scores a lot of goals, and when you talk about the best player in the world it's between those two, though my vote would go to Messi.

In the end, it's what a player does on the pitch that counts and Messi has been the best.