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Barcelona hero Paco Carrasco: Messi better than ex-teammate Maradona, Pele and Cruyff

Barcelona hero Paco Carrasco questions how the club will cope when Leo Messi eventually leaves.

Now 31, Messi is facing his final years with Barca.

And Carrasco told Barça Inside: "In the last ten years, the club has won 28 trophies. How to explain this? The football model of Guardiola, Xavi, Iniesta and Messi's quality with the ball. I thought I would not see a player like my friend Diego (Maradona), but Messi came in and conquered me.

"I talked with Di Stefano, played with Kubala, Johan Cruyff, traveled with Pelé, welcomed Franz Beckenbauer to Barcelona, enjoyed the ball with Maradona, but what Messi does is not of this world.

"I will fall into depression when he retires."

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