Lionel messi Quote by Johnny Heitinga

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

— Marco van Basten

Lionel Messi? When I played against him at Sevilla it was always very difficult, so now I'm pleased that we're on the same side.…

— Dani Alves

I think playing against [Lionel Messi] is pretty difficult. Playing by the side of the best of the world is always good. Things get…

— Neymar

I left Barcelona because I believed it was very difficult to have minutes in the first team, as there are very good players.

— Gerard Deulofeu

I've done most of my career with Barca, with the exception of the period I played for Manchester United.

— Gerard Pique

I was lucky enough to play against Maradona. He and Ronaldo, when he was at Inter Milan - they were my toughest opponents.

— Paolo Maldini

Best football player I played against? I think Messi. He killed us.

— Rafael van der Vaart

I needed to play football, and if that was for Barca then great, but all I wanted was to play.

— Jordi Alba

It was a great time in my career, playing for Barcelona with the best players in the world, in the best team in the…

— David Villa

I made some monumental mistakes with Barcelona.

— Gerardo Martino

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

— Pedro

At Barca B, I played No. 9 and think I played well.

— Gerard Deulofeu