Argentina Quote by Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva

Argentina is immensely better with him than without him. They should be proud to have Messi in their national team.

— Jordi Alba

Messi is a god, as a person and even more as a player. I hope that he wins the World Cup with Argentina.

— Samuel Eto'o

I have seen the player who will inherit my place in Argentine football and his name is Messi. Messi is a genius.

— Diego Maradona

Messi owes something to Argentina. He knows that.

— Mario Kempes

I've seen the player who will inherit my place in Argentinian football and his name is Messi... He's a leader and is offering classes…

— Diego Maradona

It's impossible to replace him. You will not find another Messi, but you can train a team without having the best in the world.

— Mario Kempes

Perhaps Argentina have been benefited by the talent of Messi.

— Tite

Messi is in a different world. He is the best player in world football, without any doubt.

— Arjen Robben

A World Cup without Argentina and without Messi would be a catastrophe.

— Mario Kempes

Messi plays in Spain, we know he makes a difference, but if you've played against him then maybe you're aware of situations that can…

— Didier Deschamps

It is possible to stop Messi. Teams do it when he plays for Argentina. But the Barcelona Messi is different.

— Lothar Matthaus

With Messi, we're talking about the best player in the world. It doesn't matter if he's a little bit injured: he can still change…

— Gerard Pique