Depressingly, as a non Manure fan, he is by far and away the best player in England on last seasons showing. I find it funny how the thread was started saying he was hopeless in the champions league final. I'd love to be hopeless enough to only score the once in the biggest club game in the world.
he is a vile individual, but saying that, those who say he dives more than most should take off the rose tinted specs. No-one from the football ive watched recently throws themselves around remotely as much as Messi,.
He'll win the world player of the year. Why? Simply he HAS been the best this year. Messi di ok, not great in a patheticly awful Barca team, and Kaka and Milan failed miserably.