The former Barcelona midfielder Emmanuel Petit believes Manchester City and Manchester United should forget about signing Messi because he isn't built for the Premier League like Cristiano Ronaldo was.

He said: “Honestly, I don’t think he’s suited to the intensity of England.

“He doesn’t like being closed down and being fought.

“In Spain, he’s protected.

“It would be a pleasure for English fans to see him but I don’t see why a club like Manchester City , for example, would move for Messi at 32 or 33.

“If City wanted to buy him, they should have tried to do it a couple of years ago.

“Messi is not Cristiano Ronaldo. Physically, he’s not the same machine.

“Ronaldo is a monster but, at 32, Messi has only one or two more years playing at the highest level.

“Even playing alongside great players at Barca, he won’t have the same pace or the dribbling ability.

“I’m sure he knows the end is not far away.”

Messi’s future has been thrown into doubt following a public falling out with Barca sporting director Eric Abidal and the revelation that he can walk away from the Not Camp for nothing in the summer thanks to a clause in his contract.

Petit added: “With the Eric Abidal and Lionel Messi situation, it all depends on what happens in the next transfer window.

“Many players were disappointed with the previous summer's activity, with so many players rumoured to come in who never came, Neymar being one example.

“When you add in the investigation into medical procedures involving Abidal and the club, it has all contributed to his image being slightly affected.

“Abidal has also had recent trouble with Xavi, who's a legend at Barca.

“It was hard to understand what was going on there, with talk of Xavi joining as manager — it was all very unclear.

“Seeing Xavi's reaction afterwards, it showed that there’s a lack of communication and that someone is lying.

“Something similar has happened with Messi.

“We’re not used to Messi speaking out on social media in such a manner.

“Usually, he’s very quiet, so clearly he must be very upset.

“If you look at Abidal’s place in all this, I’m sure the club will be looking ahead to the next transfer window and looking at his responsibility for it.”

Petit knows how the politics work at Barcelona off the pitch and, on it, he has been less than impressed in recent weeks with the form that led to Ernesto Valverde’s sacking last month.

He said: “I’ve watched them recently and I’ve been bored.

“It has been slow, they’re weak defensively and lack creative

Source: https://m.allfootballapp.com/amp/news/La-Liga/Messi-is-not-Ronaldo-and-he-would-struggle-in-PL-says-ex-Barca-star-Petit/2224352

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Simple analyzing of the GAOT!

Messi the Goat.

Messi that wont play up to 5 games in premier league and go for 3 month injury... with the way he plays, premier league womt suit him, they go break him leg one time

The Wi-Fi called Messi only works at Nou Camp.

Outside there, No network.

DonFreshmoney:
Messi that wont play up to 5 games in premier league and go for 3 month injury... with the way he plays, premier league womt suit him, they go break him leg one time

The way aguero, Sanchez and David Silva got der leg broken abi

Emmanuel Petit is right ...

How old are u?

Let me insult u small..Your a big fool.

Real Goat Kor,ooh u knew he scores mostly penalties right?

Messi has 6 golden boots, Ronaldo 4
Who is the goal Machine now?

Messi has 6 Ballon d'or,Ronaldo has 5
Who is the goat Now?

Messi has won every MvP in every tournament he has played for,both country and club,youth and senior while Ronaldo has never won Any MvP in international football.
Who is d Real goat now?

Messi has More Lifetime assists than Ronaldo,More dribbles and more vision.
Who is the Realest Goat now?

Messi's Appearance /Goal ratio is better than that of any other player in d world including Ronaldo.
Who is the king?

Messi is a demi-god in Barca, worshipped,well payed,Captain,The best La Liga player of all time.
While Ronaldo isn't d best of all time in EPL,is not d best in Portugal League,is not d best in La Liga all time,neither will he be d best in Italy of all time
..Moving from Man UTd to Madrid(the best club in history) because of huge transfer fee,then to Juventus(the Lord in Italy) because Perez refused to extend his contract with pay rise...Why won't he join Inter Milan or Roma to prove himself,why won't he get tapins and pks in every match?
Who is the coward?

Messi is the La Liga Top scorer and top assist king this season even while having a poor run.
While ur Cr7 is neither leading the goal chat nor assist chat in Italy,then what's d essence of his goal run?

Pls Nlers, do NL has a particular app??

Well Petit is just a pained ass Ronaldo dick sucker.Hazard,sane,benardo,roben,Helb dey run roit run Epl defenders for fun but MESSI cannot.Use shame talk truth na.some one should just send him Messi video vs Man u UCL final 2011 when he got Ferguson break dancing.

gibzzhd:
How old are u?

Let me insult u small..Your a big fool.

Real Goat Kor,ooh u knew he scores mostly penalties right?

Messi has 6 golden boots, Ronaldo 4
Who is the goal Machine now?

Messi has 6 Ballon d'or,Ronaldo has 5
Who is the goat Now?

Messi has won every MvP in every tournament he has played for,both country and club,youth and senior while Ronaldo has never won Any MvP in international football.
Who is d Real goat now?

Messi has More Lifetime assists than Ronaldo,More dribbles and more vision.
Who is the Realest Goat now?

Messi's Appearance /Goal ratio is better than that of any other player in d world including Ronaldo.
Who is the king?

Messi is a demi-god in Barca, worshipped,well payed,Captain,The best La Liga player of all time.
While Ronaldo isn't d best of all time in EPL,is not d best in Portugal League,is not d best in La Liga all time,neither will he be d best in Italy of all time
..Moving from Man UTd to Madrid(the best club in history) because of huge transfer fee,then to Juventus(the Lord in Italy) because Perez refused to extend his contract with pay rise...Why won't he join Inter Milan or Roma to prove himself,why won't he get tapins and pks in every match?
Who is the coward?

Messi is the La Liga Top scorer and top assist king this season even while having a poor run.
While ur Cr7 is neither leading the goal chat nor assist chat in Italy,then what's d essence of his goal run?

This is a Challenge Messi should accept. Leave Barcelona and let see . Prove us wrong . For me , as long as Messi stays at Barcelona. Ronaldo is the best of all times

Some people thinks football is about dribbling espanyol,heusca and mallacora for 16 years.
Even chukuweze will dribble the whole laliga if he is there for 16 years.
Real football requires technicality, strength, consistency, mentality and skills.

That's why Ronaldo nazario is regarded as the best player on earth and that's why Cristiano Ronaldo will be the greatest footballer on earth

That's Why He Has 6 ballon d'or

no doubt messi is the goat of barca,no doubt he is the goat of laliga that's all....to become the greatest on the planet,he needs to replicate that with another team....he should use the tension in the club right now to seek for that....
no man realise his full potential at one place.....ask Abraham,Issac,Joseph ecetra.....

obembet:



This is a Challenge Messi should accept. Leave Barcelona and let see . Prove us wrong . For me , as long as Messi stays at Barcelona. Ronaldo is the best of all times

Mumu, you think your opinion matters,has that stopped him from winning the most coveted price in football for 6times,some of you just think like fowls,he has played and destroyed every big team in England and you're here saying nonsense. And who the fvck is petit.if he mattered he'd be holding a position at Barcelona right now.

ojaysam25:
no doubt messi is the goat of barca,no doubt he is the goat of laliga that's all....to become the greatest on the planet,he needs to replicate that with another team....he should use the tension in the club right now to seek for that....
no man realise his full potential at one place.....ask Abraham,Issac,Joseph ecetra.....

He has six ballon d or and you're talking about reaching his fill potential, the way you people reason sometimes is embarrassing.

Discombulator:

He has six ballon d or and you're talking about reaching his fill potential, the way you people reason sometimes is embarrassing.

stop deceiving yourself what count more his collective trophy,am sure he would give up those personal trophy for the world cup....besides balor dhor when it comes to messi its manipulated,after last season embarrassment am still wondering how he won it....
what you achieve as a team Mata's a lot,he has done it all at barca he should seek for new challenge let's see if he can replicate same

ojaysam25:

stop deceiving yourself what count more his collective trophy,am sure he would give up those personal trophy for the world cup....besides balor dhor when it comes to messi its manipulated,after last season embarrassment am still wondering how he won it....
what you achieve as a team Mata's a lot,he has done it all at barca he should seek for new challenge let's see if he can replicate same

I don't know whether you people suspend your brains when you want to talk of messi,last season he was the best player and the highest goal scorer in every competition he participated in and you're still saying crap about him not deserving it

Discombulator:

I don't know whether you people suspend your brains when you want to talk of messi,last season he was the best player and the highest goal scorer in every competition he participated in and you're still saying crap about him not deserving it

what did he win as a team....am sure if it was Ronaldo who score the highest goal and won only laliga the title,the bal or d hor would have been given to VVD....all the time ronaldo won that award he also won club greatest competition as well(champions league)
but FIFA can give messi even in a trophyless season....
all ronaldo bal or dhor win were with no doubt...
can't your messi prove us wrong by accepting a new challenge...I'm done with you

Lalasticlala

peterd53:


The way aguero, Sanchez and David Silva got der leg broken abi

No mind them?

tosyne2much:
No mind them?

The way hazard hadn't kicked a ball for Madrid right?

Discombulator:

Mumu, you think your opinion matters,has that stopped him from winning the most coveted price in football for 6times,some of you just think like fowls,he has played and destroyed every big team in England and you're here saying nonsense. And who the fvck is petit.if he mattered he'd be holding a position at Barcelona right now.

Must you insult others cos of thier own opinion on football? Why is your life full of bitterness? My view can not the same as yours.. We must see things different way. U need to blame your parent for how they brought you up wrongly, or maybe they are not living together. And if u don't change, u won't have peace as long as ur life full of hatred.

obembet:


Must you insult others cos of thier own opinion on football? Why is your life full of bitterness? My view can not the same as yours.. We must see things different way. U need to blame your parent for how they brought you up wrongly, or maybe they are not living together. And if u don't change, u won't have peace as long as ur life full of hatred.

While the guy is wrong for insulting you, you also appear to have a full healthy dose of bitterness for Messi. What's with all the anti-Messi posts you diligently seek for and bring to NL all the time? Even after a night where Messi recorded a hattrick of assists in a scintillating performance and helped Barca to victory which you conveniently ignored, you still went to look for negative energy just to get Messi bashed? Your second name should be bitterleaf soup ma'am.

If life is about looking for negative opinions of others to be able to survive, then I'm afraid there are millions of anti-Messi fans on social media globally that you can scrounge after and bring their worthless opinions to NL for you to gloat over and hide your inner pain. But you know one thing, every player, sports journalist with a footballing brain have always acknowledged that Messi is the greatest footballer of his generation. This is a matter of fact (highest number of Fifa world player & ballon d'ors) that a million Emmanuel Petits and his likes cannot change.

ThierryJay:


While the guy is wrong for insulting you, you also appear to have a full healthy dose of bitterness for Messi. What's with all the anti-Messi posts you diligently seek for and bring to NL all the time? Even after a night where Messi recorded a hattrick of assists in a scintillating performance and helped Barca to victory which you conveniently ignored, you still went to look for negative energy just to get Messi bashed? Your second name should be bitterleaf soup ma'am.

If life is about looking for negative opinions of others to be able to survive, then I'm afraid there are millions of anti-Messi fans on social media globally that you can scrounge after and bring their worthless opinions to NL for you to gloat over and hide your inner pain. But you know one thing, every player, sports journalist with a footballing brain have always acknowledged that Messi is the greatest footballer of his generation. This is a matter of fact (highest number of Fifa world player & ballon d'ors) that a million Emmanuel Petits and his likes cannot change.

U are the delusional one here....bloody hypocrite .... U support Messi and someone else supports CR7;... But u condemn a former Barca arsenal Chelsea world cup winner because his opinion doesn't correspond with urs... But if he said Messi will dominate the EPL , u will hail him ... Gtfoh bloody hypocrite


The only thing u Messi fans know is assist ...let mr assist go and collect golden assist award ... Assist that has always been vin football but because to find the net compared to CR7 is now growing in miles , u guys now run to assist... Hu 4kn cares about assists .... FIFA or any football association has never given any award for assist ... He is not the first to assist , neither will he b the last ... Even moses assisted yesterday on his debut with just 10mins of play... If u don't know, assists are one of the easiest attributes in football as long as uv got good finishers ... If u hv poor finishers, will anyone recognise ur assists ... Nonsense

obembet:


Must you insult others cos of thier own opinion on football? Why is your life full of bitterness? My view can not the same as yours.. We must see things different way. U need to blame your parent for how they brought you up wrongly, or maybe they are not living together. And if u don't change, u won't have peace as long as ur life full of hatred.

It is your father you're talking to you demented wh0re. you want to show me you lack home training abi.never in your life shook mouth in matters that you know little to nothing about,if your deadbeat of a parents didn't teach you manners, we will teach you here.
Idiot you think we're talking movies here.

obembet:


Must you insult others cos of thier own opinion on football? Why is your life full of bitterness? My view can not the same as yours.. We must see things different way. U need to blame your parent for how they brought you up wrongly, or maybe they are not living together. And if u don't change, u won't have peace as long as ur life full of hatred.

Stupid folks like you that has refused to appreciate the genius of this two people but rather find a way to pit them against each other won't stop receiving heavy backlash from me, if you want to remain stupid,I will make you use your brain you dimwit.

ojaysam25:

what did he win as a team....am sure if it was Ronaldo who score the highest goal and won only laliga the title,the bal or d hor would have been given to VVD....all the time ronaldo won that award he also won club greatest competition as well(champions league)
but FIFA can give messi even in a trophyless season....
all ronaldo bal or dhor win were with no doubt...
can't your messi prove us wrong by accepting a new challenge...I'm done with you

You're a bitter ingorant fellow, with the way you think it will be difficult for you to climb up on the social ladder.apart from the fact that your opinion doesn't even count,anybody that refuses to acknowledge greatness because of something as trivial as hate can never be great.

Discombulator:

Stupid folks like you that has refused to appreciate the genius of this two people but rather find a way to pit them against each other won't stop receiving heavy backlash from me, if you want to remain stupid,I will make you use your brain you dimwit.

Shut ur dirty trap ...u fooool... We know u are a Messi fan... How many times hv u attacked Messi fans that attack Ronaldo in a reg ... U are nothing but a combusted fool

Discombulator:


You're a bitter ingorant fellow, with the way you think it will be difficult for you to climb up on the social ladder.apart from the fact that your opinion doesn't even count,anybody that refuses to acknowledge greatness because of something as trivial as hate can never be great.

shut up

cr7lomo:



U are the delusional one here....bloody hypocrite .... U support Messi and someone else supports CR7;... But u condemn a former Barca arsenal Chelsea world cup winner because his opinion doesn't correspond with urs... But if he said Messi will dominate the EPL , u will hail him ... Gtfoh bloody hypocrite


The only thing u Messi fans know is assist ...let mr assist go and collect golden assist award ... Assist that has always been vin football but because to find the net compared to CR7 is now growing in miles , u guys now run to assist... Hu 4kn cares about assists .... FIFA or any football association has never given any award for assist ... He is not the first to assist , neither will he b the last ... Even moses assisted yesterday on his debut with just 10mins of play... If u don't know, assists are one of the easiest attributes in football as long as uv got good finishers ... If u hv poor finishers, will anyone recognise ur assists ... Nonsense

I think I’ve schooled you before, I won’t mind doing it again for free. You obviously lack a footballing brain. Messi has already won the Globe Playmakers award last year. Isn’t that an award primarily hinged on creating opportunities for your team by way of assists? You are so ignorant that the very reason you are mocking Messi for is a recognized award that Messi has actually won. Please don’t quote me again if you don’t have anything sensible to say as I only engage in people with at least a modicum of footballing knowledge in order to preserve my own intellectual integrity. You can insult me all you want (I don’t expect any critical thinking from you), I won’t reply anymore.

In your blissful ignorance, you failed to see that I did not criticize her for supporting CR7, I support Messi and I make no apologies for that. But that she was perpetually on the look out for anti-Messi posts like she is on a mission (in futility). I don’t see anti-CR7 fans live their entire life constantly seeking for negative opinions about CR7 to post on NL.

Emmanuel Petit is entitled to his opinion that Messi can’t cut it out in the EPL (Aguero, Silva, Torres, Yaya Toure comes to mind), Jurgen Klopp is also entitled to his opinion that Messi should always win the Ballon D’or as the best player every year. Both of their opinion does not change the fact that Messi is the greatest player of his generation and that, I know, is beyond your mental grasp. The truth hurts, I know.