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. Xavi More Quotes by Xavi More Quotes From Xavi I think Barcelona and the Spanish national team have been good for soccer because there are a lot of teams that come up playing from the back : with the goalie, the defense, moving up a defender to midfield, playing attacking soccer. I think fans want to see that. They want to see beautiful soccer, a spectacle, and Barcelona does that. Xavi team beautiful soccer Iniesta is easily Spain's most complete player. He has everything. Xavi iniesta spain player I don't actually watch many shows. I will either watch movies or football. I enjoy to watch games in the Premier League and will also watch movies a lot as well. That is how I relax. Xavi league games football Ibiza is a popular vacation place for a lot of the players in Spain. If you go in the summer, there are some of the world's most famous movie and music stars, so nobody cares about soccer players. Xavi movie summer soccer I like to read the papers. I make my living from football, and I like to know what's going on. Xavi papers paper football 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. Xavi player games way I'd love to play at Wembley. It's special for Barça - and for everyone in football. Xavi special play football England really is the birthplace, the heart and soul of football. If Barcelona had Liverpool's fans, or Arsenal's, or United's, we'd have won 20 Champions Leagues, hahaha! Xavi birth-place heart football You pressure, you want possession, you want to attack. Some teams can't or don't pass the ball. What are you playing for? What's the point? That's not football. Combine, pass, play. That's football - for me, at least. Xavi me you pressure football I spend the entire 90 minutes looking for space on the pitch. I'm always between the opposition's two holding midfielders and thinking, 'The defence is here, so I get the ball and I go there to where the space is.' Xavi looking go space thinking I'd love to play at Wembley. It's special for Barca - and for everyone in football. Xavi special play love football There are a lot of teams that don't want to play, that only want to defend against Barcelona, and that makes it difficult. We're always looking for the open space. A lot of times we'll face six defenders and four midfielders. Xavi face looking space want It will be difficult to finish my career here. I don't know if I am going to end it at Barcelona, although I would like to. I don't know what is going to happen. Xavi i-am end will know
