Messi has all the conditions to be the best, but first he has to beat Maradona, Romario and then eventually Pele.

Beckham in Paris will certainly be good for shopping. I love this player but he is not the footballer he was. And if he comes to Paris now it will be to do something other than football.

I gave everything in my career so I have no regrets at all.

You know, my role as Vice Chairman is a lot less tiring than playing matches every three days.

For me, football is just a game, not a drama.

Consequently, I won just about everything I set out to win, everything bar the World Cup, of course. But even now, I don't regret that, because I was part of a team which twice reached the semi-finals.

It is a game before a product, a sport before a market, a show before a business.