"I have seen the player who will inherit my place in Argentine football and his name is Messi," says Maradona.
"Messi is the best player in the world, along with Ronaldinho. I see him as very similar to me," Maradona told the BBC referring also to Barcelona's Brazilian playmaker.
It's a long story, full of emotions. Messi had to go to Barca because of his hormone deficiency that was extremely expensive to treat in Argentina. His boyhood club, Newell’s Old Boys, would not pay for the daily injections, but Barcelona would...
Let's see what will happen at the Cup!
Messi is very similar to Maradona and yesterday we saw it in his amazing goal... goal of the season
Messi is very similar to Maradona and yesterday we saw it in his amazing goal... goal of the season
"I have seen the player who will inherit my place in Argentine football and his name is Messi," If the soccer hero says that than we have no way to pass comment against it.
For me there is no one and will be replace diego.It is diego who makes me be soccer fan
I don't know. From what I've seen of Messi on TV he is pretty good.
And remember, he is still a kid.
no way. Maradona is trying to be nice. Messi does not have Maradona's abilities, although he is quite good.