Messi Quotes · Page 3

I don't know many footballers except Maradona and Messi.

— Jwala Gutta

Messi is the best in the world, even when he is defending.

— Luis Enrique

We should not compare humans to God, but Messi is a godly player.

— Franz Beckenbauer

Some footballers develop reputations for rolling around, diving, flopping, dropping. But Messi is different. If he wants to keep the ball and…

— Chris Sutton

Messi is the real deal when it comes to Number 10s. He represents a type of football that transcends borders.

— Alessandro Del Piero

Messi will continue to break records.

— Gerardo Martino

Lionel Messi is very much the team player, while Cristiano is very ego-driven.

— Jurgen Klinsmann

Messi is the best in the world. Cristiano is a goalscorer. Messi is more taltented, more complete, tactically and footballwise. Cristiano isn't…

— Cesc Fabregas

There is no magic formula for stopping Messi.

— Diego Godin

Nobody is perfect. Even Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo can sometimes look like players from League One.

— Mousa Dembele

Everybody at Barcelona loves Messi. They can't speak highly of him.

— Gordon Strachan

Lionel Messi is an excellent teammate, he's a fantastic guy. We lived through a lot together, a lot of games, a lot…

— Pedro

Cristiano Ronaldo is the world class player after Messi, but for me he is not on this Galactico level of Messi.

— Ilkay Gundogan

I have known Messi since he was a kid and I love Leo.

— Joan Laporta

It is very simple, Messi is the best in the world, and if you give him a little bit of space, he…

— Neymar

There is no doubt about it, Messi's clearly the best player in the world. He's a phenomenon who has already won everything,…

— Marco van Basten

Messi is a good stimulus for Cristiano.

— Massimiliano Allegri

Messi is the best player in the world, the things he does with the ball are incredible. If someone knows how to…

— Javier Zanetti

Messi is one of the best strikers in the world, one of the very best players.

— Thiago Silva

Messi is the best player in the world; he is amazing.

— Andrea Pirlo

Cristiano is better than Messi, without a doubt. He's more of an all-round player

— Usain Bolt

Messi is the best player ever. And this is said by someone who has seen Maradona and Pele play.

— Adriano Galliani

If you ask me who I would have liked to play with, I would say that with Messi.

— Mario Kempes

He was always brilliant, but when Pep Guardiola started to use him as a 'false' No. 9, he got even better. It's…

— Frank Rijkaard

I will tell you another thing, we Argentines criticise Messi because we are specialists in criticising what is ours.

— Mario Kempes