Lionel Messi stands alone in the pantheon of greatest sporting stars in history, ahead of the likes of Diego Maradona, Brazilian great Ronaldo and even basketball legend Michael Jordan.
That is the view of former Barcelona and Real Madrid midfielder Robert Prosinecki, who claims the Argentine plays "different football to the others”.
Comparisons between Jordan and Messi have been made during the recent airing of Netflix documentary 'The Last Dance', which tells the story of MJ's final season with the Chicago Bulls. "It is different, basketball and football," Prosinecki told Stats Perform News. "But Messi is surely for me the best. "He is a player who has made differences for many years in Barcelona.
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