Guardiola: Messi is the greatest of all time
Says Man City now have a World Champion in Julian Alvarez
Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has congratulated Argentina national team on their third World Cup win on Sunday and called the Lionel Messi, the Albicel;este captain ‘the greatest of all time’.
‘Everyone has opinion but nobody can doubt he’s there [among] the greatest of all time. I’ve said many times, for me he’s the best, It’s difficult to understand a player can appear and compete what he’s done in the last 15-17 years.
‘The people who saw Pelé or Di Stéfano or Maradona can say they are their favourites. The opinions are often sentimental, but the other side, if he wouldn’t have won the World Cup, the opinion of what he has done for world football and my opinion wouldn’t change.’
Guardiola also hailed one of his players at the Etihad, Julian Alvarez who had an impressive outing in Qatar.
‘We are incredibly happy for [Julián] congratulations to him and [Nicolas] Otamendi, and personally to Messi. To Argentina as a country, well deserved world champions. We’re delighted for Julián, he played a lot, his contribution was amazing for the team and the way they played.’
‘We have a world champion in our team. He’ll have a week, ten days off.. ‘He played many games, lots of tension. He’ll have a break, maybe until the days before the new year.’
