Top Quotes About Lionel Messi

Top Quotes On Lionel Messi

Lionel Andres Messi – Best Player in the World? Best Player Ever? Everyone is destined to have their own opinions, but this is what some experts in Football have to say. Take a deep breath and start reading, because this is gonna be really long!

Manager & Coach

Sir Alex Ferguson (Ex Coach, Manchester United) – “Critics have always questioned whether players like Pele from the 50s could play today. Lionel Messi could play in the 1950s and the present day, as could Di Stefano, Pele, Maradona, Cruyff because they are all great players. Lionel Messi without question fits into that category.”

Pep Guardiola (Ex Barcelona Manager): “Don’t write about him, don’t try to describe him. Just watch him.”

José Mourinho (Coach, Chelsea): “The only way to stop Messi is to double mark him. One player to stay on him and the other to help out.”

Arsene Wenger (Coach, Arsenal) – “Who is the Best Player in the World? Leo Messi. Who is the Best Player Ever? Leo Messi!”

Pep Guardiola (Bayern Munich) – “It has been an honour to be the coach of the best player (Messi) I have ever seen and probably the best I will see”

Carlo Ancelotti (coach Real Madrid): “Casillas saying he wouldn’t sign Messi for Madrid? Messi has a place in every team in the world.”

Manuel Pellegrini (Manchester City) – ”I don’t know the parameters for the Ballon d’Or. I only know that Messi deserves to win every trophy”

Ryan Giggs (Assistant Manager - Manchester United) – “He is probably the best player of the last 20 years. He is such a slippery player. Because of his height and quickness he is difficult to pin down and his balance is exceptional.”

Harry Redknapp (Ex England - Ex QPR Manager): “The lad is surprisingly strong and can turn a game with his incredible acceleration before applying a world-class finish. You can’t kick Messi out of a game — he rides tackles like a thoroughbred horse.”

Fabio Capello (Russia National Football Team) -“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.”

Pep Guardiola (Coach, Bayern): “Leo broke a record that everyone thought was unbreakable. It will take 600+ years before his La Liga scoring record is broken.”

Football Legends And Current Players

Carles Puyol (Ex Barcelona) – “There’s a special part of Messi’s brain allowing him to see the split-second chaos in his own personal super slow motion.”

Theirry Henry (Ex Arsenal, Barcelona) – “I have the possibility to watch Messi in training each morning, and because of what he demonstrates he is the best player in the world”

Raúl Gonzáles (Ex Real Madrid) – “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!”

Diego Maradona (Ex Argentina) – “I have seen the player who will inherit my place in Argentine football and his name is Messi. Messi is a genius and he can become an even better player.”

Paul Scholes (Ex Manchester United): “I am not ashamed to admit that in the games against Barcelona I spent a lot of the time just hoping he would take up positions as far away from me as possible. Elusive is the word that immediately springs to mind when I think about Messi’s style of play. You think you have an eye on him and then – blink – he has gone, only to reappear somewhere else in space, with the ball.”

Del Piero (Ex-Juventus): “Messi is the real deal when it comes to Number 10s. He represents a type of football that transcends borders.”

Radamel Falcao (Manchester United): “Is Messi a real player or a PlayStation character?"

Samuel Eto'o: "Messi Is God"


Francesco Totti (AS Roma): “There is only one player who is doing things that I could never do — and that is Messi.”

Arjen Robben (Bayern Munich) – “Messi is on another planet.”

Xavi Hernández (Barcelona) – “If he continues like this then I think Messi will be the best player in the history of football,”

Zlatan Ibrahimović (PSG): “PSG’s project is to dream bigger, but if you buy Messi, you don’t dream bigger — you are bigger!”

Gerard Pique (Barcelona) -“It doesn’t matter where Messi plays, if it’s cold or hot, he always proves that he’s the best.”

Bacary Sagna (Manchester City F.C.) – “Best Player I played against? Messi, when he plays wide. He is the best in the world. Football seems easy when he plays it”

Javier Mascherano (Barcelona) – “Although he may not be human, it’s good that Messi still thinks he is. Messi plays some another sport.”

Arda Turan (Atlético Madrid) – “Messi or Ronaldo best player in the world? In the world, I would say Ronaldo. Messi is from another planet.”

Klaas jan Huntelaar (Schalke) – “Who’s better, Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo? Messi. Ronaldo is good, but Messi is ten times better.”

Sergio Aguero (Manchester City) – “Messi won 3 Ballons d’Or and is competing for another one. He will be the best player in the world until he retires.”

Wayne Rooney (Manchester United) – “Messi is a Joke, for me the Best Ever!”

Frank Lampard (Manchester City): “As far as I see it you just can’t give Messi space in the dangerous areas – we have to close him down, get tight and give him as little room as we can because if you don’t, he can destroy you.”

David Villa (Ex-Barça): “Messi does incredible things, his stats make you cover your eyes. He cannot be compared to anyone.”

David Luiz (PSG): “Barça were better than us — they have three huge forwards. Messi is fantastic, the best player ever.”

David Silva (Manchester City): “My dream XI. Upfront I’d choose Messi. For me he’s the all-time best player.”

Iker Casillas (Real Madrid): “Toughtest opponent I faced? Eto’o always paid us back and drove us to despair. And Messi scored every game.”

Cesc Fàbregas (Chelsea): “Messi is the best in the world. Cristiano is a goalscorer. Messi is more taltented, more complete, tactically and footballwise. Cristiano isn’t doing those runs anymore like at United. Messi takes more part in the game, I’d always prefer him in my team.”

Dybala (Palermo): “Top player I’d like to play with or against? First name that comes to mind is obviously Messi, he’s the best.”