Pep Guardiola says who's the successor of Lionel Messi and it's not Erling Haaland
Lionel Messi is not getting any younger, and Pep Guardiola know who'll replace him.
Lionel Messi has been the best player in the world for more than 15 years, since the beginning of 2022, when he began to attract attention with FC Barcelona. However, the painful reality is that age does not forgive anyone, and at 36 years of age, the Argentine does not have many years of football at the highest level left.
For the same reason, we must begin to think about who will be Lionel Messi's successor in football, and for this reason, Pep Guardiola has hinted at who he is, the one chosen to continue the reign of Lionel Messi. To no one's surprise, the player that Guardiola chose is at Manchester City.
It's about Julian Alvarez, and these were some of the words that Guardiola dedicated to him: "Julian is like Messi, right? He had to win the World Cup to maybe receive the credit or the position he deserves. Argentina could have lost on penalties against the Netherlands or lose them to France. He wouldn't have been the champion, and even so, Julián Álvarez would still be the great player he is."
What else has he said?
Josep Guardiola: "He is a competitively different player. He doesn't need to win a World Cup for me to know what he is like as a player. Thanks to Argentina, he comes back as a better player. That's great for us", referring to the youngster, Julian Alvarez.
