Former Juventus and current Barcelona midfielder Miralem Pjanic ‘can only speak well’ of Cristiano Ronaldo but said Lionel Messi ‘is extra-terrestrial’.
Pjanic moved from Juventus to Barcelona in a swap deal including Arthur Melo during the summer and the two sides clash for the second time in the Champions League tonight.
The Bosnia-Herzegovina international spoke of the big duel between Ronaldo and Messi.
Former Juventus and current Barcelona midfielder Miralem Pjanic ‘can only speak well’ of Cristiano Ronaldo but said Lionel Messi ‘is extra-terrestrial’.
Pjanic moved from Juventus to Barcelona in a swap deal including Arthur Melo during the summer and the two sides clash for the second time in the Champions League tonight.
The Bosnia-Herzegovina international spoke of the big duel between Ronaldo and Messi.
“I can only speak well of Ronaldo, as a person and above all as an athlete,” Pjanic said at a public event, according to Mundo Deportivo.
“He’s very prepared and attentive to all details.
“Messi is an extra-terrestrial. Every time I played against him, it was very difficult, almost impossible to stop him and now that I’m by his side, I see that he’s a phenomenon.
“Every time he has the ball, something happens. Either a goal or an assists, or an incredible pass. He’s a genius.”
Pjanic said Messi has put the troubles from the summer behind him and believes the Argentine is ‘focused and motivated’.
“Before arriving, I saw there were problems and that Messi was not well,” Pjanic added. “But now I see him very motivated and focused on his work.
“It’s up to us to help him and make him play even better. When you have a player like Leo on your team, you have to take advantage of it and try to win everything.”