"Barcelona is the best team in history, I'm lucky to have played for them"

Leo Messi did not want to comment on whether he is the best player in history and attributed his eight Ballon d'Or awards to playing "in the best club in history", in reference to Barcelona and the last two successes with the Argentina national team.
"I don't know if I'm the best in history. I don't care. The fact that it is said that I am among the best is a gift for me, something very special. Everyone plays football, everyone wants to be a professional since childhood, and to be told that I can be among the best is a great source of pride," he said after winning his eighth award.
On several occasions he repeated that Barcelona is "the best team in the world" and that Pep Guardiola's team was "the best in history", which has allowed him to win so many awards. "I follow Barcelona, I always have and I will continue to do so. It's the club I love and will love all my life. It has a great team, great players, a mixture of young and old. I think they are ready to fight for the Champions League and I'm sure they will get up from the defeat in 'El Clasico'," he said.
After many awards won thanks to Barcelona, he indicated that the last two were for the Argentina national team, for the Copa America in 2021 and for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. "All the Ballon d'Or awards are special, they respond to different types of situations. I was lucky enough to win many at Barcelona, I won everything at club level, and the last two have come from the national team, which was something I was denied, so they are very special, this one even more so because it comes from the World Cup with what it means for a player and especially for an Argentine who hadn't won it for so long," he said.
Leo Messi did not rule out returning to Barcelona one day, although he does not see himself as a coach, but he carries that city in his heart and would like to give back some of what it gave him. He also opened the door to a tribute at the new Spotify Camp Nou: "I would love to be able to say goodbye to the people, I had a strange feeling when I left and that it's not good with everything we shared together, that we didn't finish in the right way, I deserve to say goodbye to the people with whom we shared so many joys and sorrows. If it happens, I'll be delighted to be there.