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FRANCESCO TOTTI, SURRENDERED To THE '10'

"Leo Messi is the number one, but no say it to him to Cristiano"

Published:28/12/2017 - 14:06h

Updated:28/12/2017 - 14:07h

It does some months confessed that Cristiano deserved the individual awards of the season, but now Francesco Totti has changed of opinion. After criticising the current football, the Italian has signalled to Leo Messi like the number one of the world

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The international conferences of sport that organises the Council of Sport of Dubai have had some invited illustrate, and two of them, Francesco Totti and Carles Puyol, have thought on the current state of the market of signings. Although both admit that the football has changed a lot in the last years, the Italian is much more critic with the situation. 

"I prefer the football of does time, today is a madness, has changed too much. Before there was more passion, more values, while today it is business. It preferred it before, it likes me more this romantic part of the football. These 222 millions that has paid the PSG by Neymar seem me too much, is out of reality, does not have sense", has commented the ex of the Rome.

"We are going through a moment difficult in the Italian football. To our teams results them difficult compete with the potential of Madrid, Barcelona or the English teams", has added, although Puyol has complemented his speech: "The money is not it everything in the football, can not buy the titles. You need a structure, a work of base... There are teams that have spent a lot of money and have not won at all. To build a good team is necessary an idea, a clear way. Barcelona and Madrid carry time working very well, is not only question of money".

"The money is not it everything in the football, can not buy the titles"

"The football has evolved and is complicated that they give cases as ours, although have clear that to a lot of footballers would like them can begin and finish his career in the same club. It follows having cases of love to some colours, but few. With regard to the market of signings, is something that can not control. Some quantities seem me astronomical but is the way to where moves our sport", has reflexionado the Catalan.

Messi, Cristiano... And those that come

Questioned on who is the best player of the world, Francesco Totti matizó between laughs some statements of does some months in which it signalled the merecimiento of Cristiano Ronaldo of the individual prizes of the course: "Messi is the number one, but no him digais to Cristiano and to Neymar that have said this".

"You are of the team that are, is a reality that Read is dominating the football. Neymar Goes to compete prompt with Messi and Cristiano, and Mbappé. They will go down his level some day because it is law of life", has valued Puyol, that has signalled to two of the successors of the big dominadores of the world-wide football in the last years.

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