Ally McCoist believes Lionel Messi will never be as good as Diego Maradona for Argentina, even if he does manage to win the World Cup with his country in Qatar.
“Not for me, I think Maradona almost won one and it’s impossible to compare them,” McCoist told talkSPORT.
“The main thing is, and I don’t care what anyone says, if anyone has seen the Netflix documentary on Maradona, the matchup is brutal.
“It’s not just a bad foul or a yellow card, I tell you, it’s brutal. The ‘Butcher of Bilbao’, Andoni Goikoetxea, should have had six months to break his ankle. It was another era, a completely different era. era.
“Is Messi one of the most gifted players in history? Absolutely. He is one of the most gifted footballers I have ever seen.
“But Messi and Maradona are incomparable because they played in a different era. They almost played in a different sport!”