Lothar Matthaus Quotes

Messi always plays at a sublime level. He's the best player in history.

Messi is the best in the world - there is no question about that.

In top form, Messi is the best footballer I have ever seen - period.

How marvellous it is to enjoy Messi. No one can touch his numbers, and it is impossible for anyone to do what he has done apart from him.

With Messi, we're talking about the best player in the world. It doesn't matter if he's a little bit injured: he can still change everything.

Like everyone else, I thought Messi was the best player in the world, and to be here with him now is a fantastic honour. It's a great experience watching him in training and in matches... the way he can transform a match is unbelievable.

Messi is a star in every sense. He is not as timid as he seems.

Messi is just extraordinary.

Messi deserves to win this World Cup for all he has done for football.

There is Messi, and then the rest.

Messi is one of the best in the world.

Messi is the best player in the world; he is amazing.

Messi is one of the best strikers in the world, one of the very best players.

I don't need to speak with my colleagues in the national side to know what kind of player Messi is. He's one of the best players in the history of football and very difficult to stop.

In what transcends this world, the best is Messi because he is incredible: he does things that nobody can do.

Messi no longer surprises me.

I think Neymar is one of the few players who was touched by God when he was born, and He said, 'You will be thee player.'

I am not crazy enough to compare myself with Messi because he is the best there ever was and the best there will ever be.

Messi is the greatest, but he has always been surrounded by other great players.

For me, Messi is the greatest player in history, the greatest player I've ever seen.

Ronaldo is brilliant, Messi more my kind of player. He sees the game so clearly. He can score, create; he's the complete player - the best ever, probably.

Lionel Messi is the best player ever.

If Messi were Brazilian, he would be a world champion.

If you ask me who I would have liked to play with, I would say that with Messi.

Modric is spectacular, but Messi has no comparison with Luka or anyone.