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Mikel Arteta: "Lionel Messi is the most influential player ever in the history of football. We have never seen someone do what Messi has been doing on the field for all these years before." (www.planetfootball.com)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

It's a broken record and a massive circlejerk, but I just can't help myself.

Messi is by far the greatest ever. Not just because of his record breaking amount of goals and assists. Also not just because of his overall longevity. Neither do all of his record amount of trophies matter.

It mostly comes down to what he's showcased on the pitch during his long prime.

Prime Messi:

A mix of the best ball control, passing, dribbling, vision, agility, feints, positioning, balance, his acceleration, pressing and tracking back were also great during his prime.

Even if he didn't score a goal or assist, there would still be a lot of greatness to witness on the pitch. He would still be my favorite player ever if he didn't have a lot of goals and assists and was mostly known for outdribbling entire defenses. There's literally nobody that's done it like prime Messi.

Here's also the most important aspect about prime Messi: he didn't just do these things every now and then. It happened constantly, consistently in every single match, multiple times in those matches. Most top players maybe have an incredible pass every other match, once per match. Or they would have an incredible dribble once in their careers. While Messi did it non-stop.