Former Liverpool and Real Madrid goalkeeper Jerzy Dudek has hit out at Lionel Messi.
Dudek spent four years in Spain as Iker Casillas' back-up, playing 12 games for Los Blancos, and drew some striking conclusions.
"He was deceptive and provocative, the same as Barcelona and Pep Guardiola," Dudek said about Messi in his autobiography.
"They were so ready to provoke you and they were able to do it to perfection.
"That hurt Jose Mourinho and the whole team a lot.
"I saw Messi say such rude things to Pepe and [Sergio] Ramos that you would not imagine from such a quiet and seemingly good person."
Teammate Cristiano Ronaldo didn't escape Dudek's wrath, either.
"Cristiano Ronaldo is arrogant, but he's a normal guy behind the scenes," he said.
"It's about how people perceive him, more or less.
"Like Raul, he's egocentric, incredibly competitive and a winner.
"Both would prefer their team to win 2-1 with their goals than 5-0 with other players scoring."
Looacekln
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Those are the strategies which Messi uses to ward off and get back at those who aimed at taking him out by injuring him. Messi has scored more goals at Barnabeu (26)than at camp Nou (11) in El classico. Messi is a nightmare to Bernabu, Messi is just the thorn in Maldrid flesh, Ramos, Pepe find it difficult to tame Messi because Messi has given them sleepless nights, and cardiac arrest, even in the last El classico we saw Marcelo celebrated successfully tackling Messi as if he won ballondeor!
Voo Doo
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You're my bich. Said Messi to Ramos
Mate92
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I was thinking that Messi is just like good guys in movies but it is diffrent.Still we cant criticize Messi because of this we all have some habits.
tessi100
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NOT EVEN THE PEPE OR RAMOS CAN TRY TO MINIMIZE THIS CREATURE'S GREATNESS
Nkay_JR
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Of course Messi will go hard on Pepe and Ramos because of how they hurt him in games. No one will be quiet when being sent to injury. But for Cr7 being arrogant that’s him. He sees himself high so you shouldn’t expect less