Former Argentina National Team member: Messi is not the best player in history. He is not better than Cristiano and way less than Pele. He is not the best Argentine in history either.
"Diego has an attraction, an adoration. Messi does not transmit. I like the No. 1 who provokes, like Cristiano Ronaldo, like Diego. If not, he is not number one.
Messi can make it to the next World Cup, but he will be one less. Today he is already one less. He is playing country football in the United States.
Cristiano, limited, is a phenomenon. But limited is better than Messi. And he is limited because he does not have Messi's conditions, but he played in the best teams in the world. Where did Messi play? At Barça and in the Argentine national team. Messi did not demand himself to play in other teams, in other countries. And he had opportunities, eh?
Messi didn't even get kicked in the World Cup. In football, if they let you play, as Di Stéfano used to say, you play every day. On the other hand, Maradona was kicked to death. And Diego was beaten, fell down and got up again. You touch Messi and he stays there.
In my historical ranking? Messi is far behind. I'm not dislike him, I would love to say otherwise. He played easy soccer. At Barcelona they whistled everything at him, nobody gave him a kick and he had a team that played for him."