Top quotes by football legends on modern-day legend, Lionel "Leo" Messi
On his birthday, we take a look at top quotes by football legends on perhaps the greatest player of all time: Lionel Andrés "Leo" Messi.
'I already know the player who will take my place in football, and his name is Lionel Messi.'- Argentine football legend Diego Maradona (File photo | AP)
'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.' - Former Manchester United hard-man Roy Keane (File photo | AP)
'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.” - PSG legend Zlatan Ibrahimovic (File photo | AP)
'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.' -Former England captain John Terry (File photo | AFP)
'Although he may not be human, it’s good that Messi still thinks he is.” -Messi's Argentina teammate Javier Mascherano (File photo | AP)
'Messi is the best player in the world, and by a distance.'- Arsenal gaffer Arsene Wenger (File photo | AP)
'Messi will be the player to win the most Ballons d’Or in history. He will win five, six, seven. He is incomparable.' - Dutch legend Johan Cruyff (File photo | AP)
