Ruud van Nistelrooy has dismissed the reports claiming that he said 'nobody comes close to Lionel Messi'.
There was an earlier report from ESPN and AS, stating that Van Nistelrooy considered Messi as the best player in the world.
However, the former teammate of Cristiano Ronaldo himself has dismissed the report on Twitter.
"Never said that," with the original quote from ESPN.
Soon afterwards, he deleted his tweet above before posting another.
"Thanks for removing the quote AS and espn fc. Let's enjoy watching Cristiano and Leo while we can!" said the Man Utd legend.