Mikel Arteta: "Lionel Messi is the most influential player ever in the history of football. We have never seen someone do what Messi has been doing on the field for all these years before."

TheBiasedSportsLover@alien.top · 1 year ago

Mikel Arteta: "Lionel Messi is the most influential player ever in the history of football. We have never seen someone do what Messi has been doing on the field for all these years before."

warpentake_chiasmus@alien.top · 1 year ago

Disagree, Mik.

Well, we have actually seen someone do something similar. Maradona.

And if you are talking about influence, not one player in the world of football has been more influential than Johan Cruyff. Teams are still playing in ways based on his ideas.

Mikel Arteta: "Lionel Messi is the most influential player ever in the history of football. We have never seen someone do what Messi has been doing on the field for all these years before."

Mikel Arteta: "Lionel Messi is the most influential player ever in the history of football. We have never seen someone do what Messi has been doing on the field for all these years before."

We asked Mikel Arteta for his ideal five-a-side team... and his answer was wonderfully chaotic