In the last 15 to 20 years the best central midfielder that I have seen - the most complete - is SCHOLES

Maybe one small regret is that I never got to play with Paul Scholes - but I was never going to leave Barcelona and he was never going to leave Manchester United.

Leo [Messi] is the best player of all time - better than Pele, Maradona or Cruyff. There have been some great teams in history - Pele's Brazil, Cruyff's Ajax, Sacchi's Milan - but in the past 20 years this Barcelona team is the best.

To me Paul is a role model. He is the best midfielder I've seen in the last 15 or 20 years.

I pass and I move, I help you, I look for you, I stop, I raise my head, I look and, above all, I open up the pitch...The one who has the ball, is the master of the game...Thats the school of Joan Vilà, of Albert Benaiges, of Johan Cruijff, of Pep Guardiola

I would loved to have played with Scholes. He plays the game the way it should be played and at his peak he was the best midfield player in the world.

In the last 15 to 20 years the best central midfielder that I have seen - the most complete - is SCHOLES