Bobby Charlton Quotes

If he continues like this then I think Messi will be the best player in the history of football.

My hope is to become a top player here at Arsenal. A lot of great players have played here. I want to become part of the club's history and to achieve great things here.

Critics have always questioned whether players like Pele from the 50s could play today. Lionel Messi could play in the 1950s and the present day, as could Di Stefano, Pele, Maradona, Cruyff because they are all great players. Lionel Messi without question fits into that category.

Simeone, De Boer, Van Basten - fantastic names to have worked with.

Ronaldo is better than George Best and Denis Law, who were two brilliant and great players in the history of United.

Messi is a god, as a person and even more as a player. I hope that he wins the World Cup with Argentina.

Maradona is among the best five players I've ever seen: Garrincha, Pele, Diego, Cruijff and Beckenbauer.

Messi is top but Maradona is another world.

I played with great teammates like Ronaldinho and Messi. I think they are two of the greatest players in the history of football.

Messi is the great player of this generation, like there were great players in other generations.

I think about the great players with whom I have shared a pitch: Eric Cantona, Zinedine Zidane, Pirlo, Xavi, Cristiano Ronaldo - and the greatest of them all is Messi.

Messi is undoubtedly a gifted footballer, like Maradona and Pele, and he's playing for the best club side in the world at the moment. He's successful and he's winning trophies, so it's only logical that he'll be voted the best player in the world.

I have played with some great players during my time at United but I would have to put Paul Scholes down as the best.

Messi is the best player in the world. If he's not already, he'll be the best footballer of all time.

For me, Lionel Messi is quite clearly the best player ever. It’s a pleasure to put myself against him and when I finish my career it’s something I can look back on and know I’ve tested myself against the very best.

Every club has legends, and at Barcelona, Cruyff and Pep are going to be spoken about forever, knowing what they've achieved and in what style.

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

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

The best I've played against is Luis Figo. As for team-mates, it has to be Zinedine Zidane. He made things easier for everybody.

When the list is made of the all-time best players, Totti will certainly be in there. I really believe he will be remembered as one of the greats.

I want to be the best player in the history of Egyptian football.

I wanted to be the best footballer in Belgian history. That was my goal. Not good. Not great. The best.

Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are two players that, the way I see it, can have a spot amongst the best of all time.

Maradona is Maradona, that's indisputable, but he doesn't play anymore. He stopped playing a long time ago.

I've seen the player who will inherit my place in Argentinian football and his name is Messi... He's a leader and is offering classes in beautiful football.