Palermo star Javier Pastore admits Juan Roman Riquelme is his hero.

Pastore has been likened to Zinedine Zidane, but says he models his game on Riquelme.

"I aspire to be like Riquelme," he said in an interview with El Mundo Deportivo.

"It would be a dream for me to start a game alongside Lionel Messi and Riquelme. The first is the best player in the whole world, while the second is the best there is in his position."