You can’t just reference a single player that didn’t live up to his billing as proof of your dodgy notions Cal. I suppose Stanley Matthews was a nothing player then was he? Shall we call him the ‘wizard of feck all’ instead? What a charlatan.
I’m sure Mane Garrincha, George Best, Ryan Giggs, Jimmy Johnstone, Diego Maradona, Roberto Rivellino, Luis Figo, Pierre Littbarski and Jairzinho were all similarly useless, right?
Re Messi, he just had his best ever international tournament at the age of 34. I’m sure he’ll keep going at a high level for a few years yet. Don’t let this prospect scare you too much