“He is not human; he’s from another planet. I’ve played against him several times and he’s incredible – he’s not a normal player. In the same way that there’s Barcelona and the rest of the world, there is also Messi and the rest of the Barça players. He does things that only he is capable of doing. He’s exceptional.”

In an interview to FIFA.com, Sevilla player Frederic Kanoute is so in awe of Lionel Messi’s supreme skills he thinks that the Argentine doesn’t belong to planet earth.

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