The Best Striker In The World Is Luiz Suarez – Messi

Newly crowned best player in the world, Lionel Messi believes team-mate Luis Suarez is the best out-and-out forward player in world foot­ball.

Messi won his fifth Ballon d’Or title on Monday, beating Real Madrid attacker Cristiano Ronaldo and the third mem­ber of his side’s star studded forward line, Neymar to the crown.

The Argentine star felt the success of Barcelona’s ‘MSN’ was down to the rapport be­tween the trio and insisted that Suarez, who was the only mem­ber of the group not to make the Ballon d’Or final three, is one of the finest strikers he has ever played with.

“It is difficult to compare him to all the ones [goalscorers]I have played alongside,” Messi told Fifa’s official website.

“There have been so many. What I can say is that he is the best out-and-out forward there is in the game today.

“He has so much to offer the team and it is a pleasure to play alongside him. We also have a very good relationship off the pitch and I am very happy to be sharing everything with him.”

Messi was also thrilled to hear the words of Neymar, who de­scribed himself as being “com­pletely in love” with the Barca talisman.

“The fact is that I get on very well with Neymar,” said Messi. “He has said nice things about me ever since he arrived at the club. It makes me feel very happy to hear a friend and a col­league talk like that.

“I think [MSN’s success] is all down to the chemistry be­tween the three of us, both on and off the pitch and the type of people that we are too.

“We all want the best for the team, for the squad. That is more important than anything else.”