Sports
Updated : Sep 29, 2017, 05:20 PM IST
Former Barcelona star Thierry Henry, who played alongside Lionel Messi, has said that he considers Messi to be a better player than Cristiano Ronaldo.
In an interview for the #5 Magazine, Henry said that he respects how much hard work Ronaldo had put into his game, but that Messi was better than him and everyone else.
"Messi is just a freak. It is nice for kids to watch as they can see one guy who was given a gift and the other guy who does it through hard work. Louis Saha used to tell me Ronaldo was the hardest worker at Manchester United. I am not saying Messi does not work hard - but it is more natural,” he adds. "Ronaldo had to work really hard to reach the top. They have the same mentality but that's the difference," said Henry.
He also opined that Luis Suarez is the best striker in the world. "If we are talking about strikers - not guys who score a lot of goals from anywhere - then I would say the best in the world is Luis Suarez,” insists Henry. “He has everything. He's in your face, he's arrogant in a good way, he can volley it, he can score headers. He has that vicious side to his game. I will not call it cheating. He knows how to score goals. We have seen it against England. They gave him two chances and he scored two goals."