‘Muller better than Messi’

NEW YORK. – Thomas Muller is a better role model than Lionel Messi, according to Arsenal legend Thierry Henry, who spoke to foxsports.com.
Henry praised the completeness of Mullers’ game and believes the Germany forward is underrated and doesn’t get the recognition he deserves.

“Stepovers, tricks, that’s not the game,” Henry told foxsports.com

“The game is what Thomas Muller is doing. If I had a son right now, playing, I would say to him ‘look at them, look at Ribery, look at Muller’. What Ronaldo does, and Messi, they’re just freaks. Don’t try to copy those guys. You can copy from Ribery, you can copy from Thomas Muller,” added the New York Red Bulls striker.

“What he (Muller) did at the World Cup, people don’t talk about it, but they should talk about it.

“He plays the game the right way: he defends, he attacks, he controls the ball when he has to control it, he reverses when he has to reverse it. When he has to finish, he’ll finish,” continued Henry.

“He doesn’t do stepovers, but when he has to perform, he performs. He does what the game asks him to do,” concluded the Frenchman.

Meanwhile, Barcelona want to use Lionel Messi to help expand commercial ties with Russia despite diplomatic tensions between Moscow and the West, the Spanish club’s vice-president Javier Faus has said. – Reuters/SuperSport.