Zlatan Ibrahimovic Quotes

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

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

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

It's impossible to be more of a footballer than Messi.

There is no defence that can stop Messi. It is impossible.

Messi's like a PlayStation. He can take advantage of every mistake we make. He made the impossible possible. He has something exceptional. He has six or seven years in front of him, touchwood that nothing happens to him, and he can reach unbelievable levels.

I still have a lot of room for improvement. For example, I want to shoot equally well with both feet.

Messi is a genius. He has everything. When I watch him, I see a player who is very, very skilful, very clever and his left foot is like Diego Maradona's.

If Messi is the best in the world, it's only because Cristiano is from another planet.

Leo would also be unstoppable if I played him at full-back. Messi is simply the best there is.

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.

I saw that Cristiano Ronaldo has scored more than 360 goals because he has a great right foot, but a left foot just as powerful.

Messi is so good that he can win La Liga even with a mediocre team, which is not the case. Barca remain up top every year because of him.

Messi is in a different world. He is the best player in world football, without any doubt.

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

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.

Messi is 'The Matrix' - that image when everything slows down, and he can do what he wants.

I would like to play with Messi; it would be amazing. He is the best of the world, the one who makes more differences.

Messi is the best player in the world, the things he does with the ball are incredible. If someone knows how to stop him, they have to tell me.

Of course there is 'Messidependence.' It would exist in any team in the world, but when he is not there, we also have to play and try to win. Leo is fundamental for us and marks the style; it is well known that he is the best in the world for something.

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.

For 20 years they have asked me the same question, who is the greatest? Pele or Maradona? I replay that all you have to do is look at the facts - how many goals did he score with his right foot or with his head?

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 a Playstation.