Three Lions former striker, Wayne Rooney feels Lionel Messi can still of win another Ballon d’Or award whether he stays in Barcelona or leaves Barcelona.
It should be recalled that Messi made up his mind about leaving Barcelona Football Club days after the Spanish club bowed out of the UEFA Champions League after an 8-2 quarter-final demolition by Bayern Munich.
Messi has won a record six Ballon d’Or and is at the verge of leaving the club he had been with for around two decades, a club he won four Champions League and 10 La Liga titles with.
Some reports have indicated that aim that Messi is likely going to join one of the two Manchester clubs while other reports claimed that Paris Saint-Germain, Juventus, Inter Milan and some United States clubs are expressing interests.
Rooney, who played for several years at Manchester United has backed Messi to excel at either Manchester United or Manchester City.
While talking to TalkSport, Rooney said: “I know he’s getting older but he’s a player who no one has seen before.
Messi has everything – he can create goals, score goals, dictate the game and is the best player of all time.
“He’s one of the only players I’ve sat there and watched and been in awe.
“Him and Cristiano Ronaldo have set a standard which I don’t think we will ever see again but, for me, Messi is just different level.
“The United States shouldn’t be in his mind because he’s too good. He could come to the Premier League and be a Player of the Year. One million per cent.
“If he surrounds himself with Bruno Fernandes or Kevin De Bruyne he could win a seventh Ballon d’Or, which would be incredible.”
