Just about everyone has an opinion on Leo Messi, and the latest to chip in with his view is Dutch legend Marco van Basten.
According to the former AC Milan striker, the Argentine who has won seven Ballon d'Ors is not among the three best players of all time.
"Pele, [Diego] Maradona and [Johan] Cruyff are for me the three greatest players in history," he told France Football.
"As a kid I wanted to be like Cruyff. He was my friend. I miss him. Pele and Maradona were also incredible.
"Messi is also a great player, but Maradona always had more personality in a team. Messi is not the one who puts himself at the front to go to war."
Van Basten also mentioned other players who also deserve to be among the best.
"I'm not forgetting Cristiano Ronaldo, [Michel] Platini or [Zinedine] Zidane," he continued.
Yazaeilory
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Entire Argentina squad is ready to die for Messi but according to some people he doesn't have personality..
Zuma1989
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Leo Messi will never be a Warrior but born to be a Super Hero because all the warriors I can see in movies always die but only Hero survived at the end
Yazaeilory
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Some people make noise while Messi prefer to do what's best for the team. Van Basten must visit Argentina locker room to know more about Messi 🐐 Played semifinal and final with hamstring discomfort and foot injury but for some 🤡 he is not warrior.
FaithEvans
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Unfortunately for you, we don't need warriors, we need talented and elegant footballers. Cruyff was elegant, he's not like Diego Costa. Pele admitted Messi matched him technically. If u want to watch warriors, watch UFC. [byebye]
Podabilry
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Messi is really not a warrior but an alien 👽 magician! A warrior is nothing before a magician! A magician has the capacity to convert a warrior to a nonentity. Messi is not a warrior but yet he had 91 goals and 45 assist in a single year, he has 6 golden shoes, 7 balloondor, 358 assist, the highest by an individual player in football history but he is not a warrior but a magician has done what ex Warriors couldn't dare. Even Madrid and Cristiano are the ones that knows who Messi is, . El classico is the biggest football and epic of football rivalry, but in El classico Messi put Madrid/Cristiano in his shadow for 9yrs year without weapons of war, but with Messi magic 🔮, out of 30 El classico matches,Cristiano helped Madrid to win 8 times while Messi helped Barca to win 14 times both draw 8 times. Madrid is the team that has suffered from the hand of Messi most, Messi has scored most goals against Madrid 26 goals in total, the highest against any team that messi faced. Now you know who messi is, he is better than a warrior, Messi is an alien 👽 from another planet! The best ever, the greatest of all times. Crufys is good but Maradona is better, Pele is the best but Messi is better than the best! Crufys, maradona and pele were lucky to not have been born in same era with Messi! And when it comes to discussions about issues of Pele, maradona only Messi come to fore, Cristiano has not stand in that regard, Cristiano don't belong in that racket !
Patrick----417
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Lionell Messi has done so many incredible things in the world of football. How many times has he singlehandedly took Argentina to World Cups during qualifiers? During his Barcelona days he gave them Champions League, La liga name them. To me o cause I don't know about you and Van Basten. Lionell Messi10 has Personality period