Barcelona defender Thomas Vermaelen feels Chelsea ace Eden Hazard could live with teammate Lionel Messi.
Vermaelen is well-placed to judge his Belgium team-mate.
"There are similarities," he told the Daily Mail. "They are both quite small with that low sense of gravity so they can turn and twist very quickly.
"They have that element of surprise in their game and they can move so fast.
"And especially in the form he is in now, I saw the goal he scored recently against Watford, for example, he's a world-class player.
"To compare him to Messi is so difficult but he is up there with the very best."