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- Updated: July 18, 2016
Barcelona legend Xavi Hernandez has suggested no player will ever eclipse the talents of former team-mate Lionel Messi after discussing the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, Neymar and Eden Hazard as his competition.
The 36-year-old recently spoke to Javier Miguel of Spanish newspaper Sport and said “there is no comparison” to the player alongside whom he won a tremendous tally of trophies:
For me, there is no heir to Messi. There will never be one. There will be very good footballers, but nobody at Messi’s level.
To be at the top for so many years, winning so many individual and team trophies, will be impossible to surmount.
In the future, everything will be more equal amongst the best players.
Though now they try to sell the story of the Cristiano and Messi battle, those of us who know football, know there is no comparison.
When Messi ends his career, there will be Neymar, Hazard, five or ten players at a similar level, but none with the unquestionable superiority of Messi.
Xavi played alongside Messi for 11 years before departing for Qatari club Al-Sadd in 2015, winning four UEFA Champions League crowns, seven La Liga titles and two FIFA Club World Cups with the Argentinian.
The career of Messi, 29, has been intertwined with that of Ronaldo, 31, but Xavi doesn’t need to ask the questions regarding who of the pair is superior, having got plenty of firsthand …
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