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 · 10 months 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."

HateSarcasmLoveIrony@alien.top · 10 months ago

There was a period in the mid 2000s where short technical players were going out of fashion in place of taller stronger faster players. A lot of the top managers were defensively minded. The Barca team with Messi as their best player came along and changed how people perceived the future of the game. The game is more entertaining now, top teams go out to score go

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