Nobody can doubt Messi is the greatest of all time – Guardiola places Messi ahead of Pele and Maradona

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has described Argentina’s World Cup hero Lionel Messi as the Greatest Of All Time (G.O.A.T).

Guardiola who enjoyed huge success with the forward at Barcelona, placed him ahead of Diego Maradona, Di Stefano, and Pele as the best player in history.

According to him, those who favour the likes of Maradona, Di Stefano, and Pele ahead of Messi do so for “sentimental” reasons.

Speaking at a press conference today, December 21, the Manchester City boss said;

“Everyone has an opinion but nobody can doubt he’s there as greatest of all time. For me he’s the best, difficult to understand a player can compete with what he’s done. The people who saw Pele or Di Stefano or Maradona. The opinions are sentimental, but the other side, if he wouldn’t have won the World Cup, the opinion and my opinion wouldn’t change. It’s normal that people depends if you win or you are evaluated. The final cherries of an incredible career.”

Guardiola who expressed his happiness in seeing Manchester City star Julian Alvarez and a former player of the club Nicolas Otamendi play key roles which ensured Argentina’s success at the World Cup added;

“We are incredibly happy for him [Messi] and Otamendi and – personally – for Messi. We are delighted for Julian.

“We have a world champion in our team. He will have a week or 10 days off.”