“I like Messi a lot, he’s a great player. Technically, we’re practically at the same level.”- Pele

“Messi does not need his right foot. He only uses the left and he’s still the best in the world. Imagine if he also used his right foot, then we would have serious problems.”- Zlatan Ibrahimovic

“Fella’s a genius. Best ever by a distance in my life time. Never really saw Pele… Souness, Gullit, Venables and now Rooney agree Messi is the best they have seen. He plays a game with which we are not familiar.”- Gary Lineker

“I played with Romario, Rivaldo, Ronaldo, Laudrup and Stoichkov but Messi is the best I’ve seen”- Albert Ferrer

“It feels good to be in the same generation as him. I believe he’s the best player in the history of the sport.”- Gerard Pique

“Messi defies the laws of anatomy, he must have an extra bone in his ankle.”- Carlos Bilardo

“Who’s better, Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo? Messi. Ronaldo is good, but Messi is 10 times better.”- Dutch star Klaas-Jan Huntelaar

“Lionel Messi is quite clearly the best player ever. It’s a pleasure to pit myself against him and when I finish my career it’s something I can look back on and know I’ve tested myself against the very best.”- John Terry

“In my entire life I have never seen a player of such quality and personality at such a young age, particularly wearing the ‘heavy’ shirt of one of the world’s great clubs.”- Fabio Capello

“Messi is better than Maradona; he is more complete, more consistent, more spectacular. He is reinventing the game – a mix of the real and the virtual.”- Tostão

“I am not crazy enough to compare myself with Messi because he is the best there ever was and the best there will ever be.” – Mario Gomez

“I was a big fan of Maradona growing up and of the current crop Ronaldo is good but Messi is the best I’ve ever seen. I don’t dish out praise lightly but Messi deserves it. I look for weaknesses in his game and I can’t find them.”- Roy Keane

“Messi is the best player ever. And this is said by someone who has seen Maradona and Pele play.”- Adriano Galliani

“He is the best in the world. Football seems easy when he plays it.”- Bacary Sagna

“I wear the number 10 Jersey for the US National Team in honour of the greatest athlete I have ever seen: Messi.”- Kobe Bryant

“The only bad thing about Ronaldo’s life is Messi. If it was not for him, Ronaldo would be the best player in the world for five years in a row.”- Felipe Scolari

“I can’t believe anyone can have played the game of football as well as Messi.”- Michael Owen

“Is Messi a real player or a PlayStation character?”- Radamel Falcao

“Messi is a genius. He has everything. When I watch him, I see a player who is very, very, skilful, very clever and his left foot is like Diego Maradona’s.”- Franz Beckenbauer

“Messi or Cristiano? Cristiano Ronaldo is very good, but I prefer Messi. He’s incredible.”-Gheorghe Hagi

“Comparing CR7 to Messi is an exercise of ignorance in football. Messi is Messi and others, footballers.” – Miguel Angel Lotina

“The other day I saw one of his games. He was running with the ball at a hundred percent full speed, I don’t know how many touches he took, maybe five or six, but the ball was glued to his foot. It’s practically impossible.”- Raul

“If he is so good, how can you express that? The superlatives ran out ages ago. On these pages, swearing has been tried. Or perhaps a symbol, something to signify that we have gone beyond words now.”- Sid Lowe

“Don’t write about him, don’t try to describe him. Just watch him.”- Pep Guardiola

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