According to Puyol: Messi is the same as Jordan, both the greatest – Carles Puyol has no doubts marking Lionel Messi as the best football player. The former Barcelona captain also equaled La Pulga with NBA legend Michael Jordan.
Puyol is a living witness to how Messi grew from a La Masia graduate, to become one of the greatest players in the world. The two were Barcelona’s most important pillars from 2005 until Puyol’s retirement in 2022.
From the beginning Puyol saw Messi as another figure at Barcelona. In his eyes, the Argentine continues to improve the game and take the Catalan club to the highest level every year. Carles Puyol’s fascination with Lionel Messi continues when La Pulga is now captain of Barcelona and leads his team mates. The 2010 World Cup gold medalist took his hat off when his junior managed to break the record for most goalscorers in one club with 644 goals.
This achievement is considered by Puyol to be proof of the awesomeness of Messi in the world of football. Puyol even views the owner of the six Ballon d’Or as the same as Michael Jordan, a figure who is widely said to be the best in the NBA arena.
“He’s really good and it didn’t take him long to show, but no one could have guessed that he could get to where he is today. From the very beginning, he set an example with humility and his tricks of doing things,” Puyol said of Messi, taken from Mundo Deportivo.
“You know that he is another player not because he can make the difference and win any game at any time, but because he keeps improving year after year. For me, he was the greatest for thirteen or fourteen years in a row,” Puyol added.
“If you ask me who Michael Jordan is, I keep saying that he is the best basketball player in history. I think Messi is in a similar position, as the greatest footballer in history,” he said.
Source: detik.com
