Louis van Gaal on how James Milner is better than Lionel Messi | OneFootball

Louis van Gaal believes Liverpool vice captain James Milner is a better team player than Barcelona’s Lionel Messi, according to El Pais.

The former Manchester United manager claimed that while he likes Messi and Neymar as “individuals”, neither are great team players.

Milner, however, is “one of the best”, according to Van Gaal.

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“Look at Barcelona. How many Champions [League] have won with what they say is the best player in the world?,” Van Gaal told El Pais.

“Look at Neymar at PSG. How many Champions won? Neymar and Messi I like them as individual players, not as team players.

“I believe that in collective games there is nothing more important than the team player.

“One of the best is James Milner. In the final of the Champions he played as a defender and as a midfielder. It’s great that I can offer that at 33.

“I think Messi should ask himself how it is possible that he has not won a Champions League for so long.”