Clever Quote by Franz Beckenbauer

Messi is much more than being clever. He is a genius who reserves all his expressiveness for football.

— John Carlin

Messi is unique. Inimitable and unrepeatable. Like him, one every fifty years. As a child, he fell into the pot of the football genius.

— Marco van Basten

Messi is awesome. His creative ability is extraordinary, outside of normal patterns. He manages to see what others don't.

— Tite

He's an incredible person. Messi is not simply a uniquely talented footballer. He's also strong mentally, very bright, and exceptionally dedicated to his job.…

— Frank Rijkaard

I am also amazed with Messi, what he is doing is very good. He contributes alot of very good things for the team. He…

— Alfredo Di Stefano

Messi is incredible and his history in football is marvellous.

— Roberto Carlos

Messi has a fantastic vision of the game and technically he is incredible. The things he does are not easy and even more impressive…

— Nicklas Bendtner

Messi is as famous as any footballer has ever been, and yet, when it comes down to it, we don't know much about him.…

— Paul Scholes

Lionel Messi is a wonderful player. Very skillful. Highly intelligent. He is not good in the air.

— Pele

He is an exceptional talent. I still think Diego Maradona is the best player I have ever seen but Messi is closing in fast.…

— Ander Herrera

Messi is just great.

— Klaas-Jan Huntelaar

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…

— Eric Cantona