Manchester City Coach, Pep Guardiola, has decline to predict if Mbappe can attain the immeasurable standard of Lionel Messi but noted that ‘’nobody can sit at the same table as’’ the Argentine.
Pep Guardiola spent four years (2008-2012) with Lionel Messi, winning several honors and trophies together, with Guardiola the tactical mastermind and Messi the finishing inspiration at the Camp Nou.
Guardiola had described Messi as ‘’the best player I have ever seen’’, he added that ”Messi makes the game simple.’’
‘’He is not the best player because he can dribble past three or four players, it is because he does it better than anyone in the world.’’
Guardiola suffe
red a four nil defeat to Barcelona when his current side, Manchester City, met in the 2016 UEFA Champions League, with three of those goals from Messi.
The Manchester City Manager while agreeing to pay an excess of £100m for Mbappe, believes Messi will always be the best player for all time.
Guadiola fell victim to Mbappe in the Champions League with him scoring in both legs to see Monaco edge out Manchester City on away goal rule after a 6-6 draw.
Mbappe scored 26 goals in 44 games with Monaco before joining PSG.
‘’Nobody can sit as the same table as Messi’’ Guadiola stated.
‘’Maybe Mbappe, he’s a top player, he is an outstanding player, I’m pretty sure of that. But to equal what Messi has done in 10-12 years, Cristiano, for example, we have to wait.
‘’I appreciate Mbappe wouldn’t like me to put more pressures on his shoulders.
‘’I think Messi has the number of 60/70 games every season, in the big games, always being there to score and assist, never injured, always plays every three days, never injured because he controls his body.
‘’That’s why I don’t think we help with hypothetical suitors for him, saying you are going to be the new guy. So, let Mbappe have the fantastic career he will have and after we’ll see in the future.’’
Pep Guardiola was keen on signing Mbappe and Alexis Sanchez into his attack this summer.
