{"id":1106961,"date":"2019-09-18T15:22:35","date_gmt":"2019-09-18T14:22:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1106961"},"modified":"2019-09-18T15:22:35","modified_gmt":"2019-09-18T14:22:35","slug":"sterling-beating-salah-mbappe-neymar-race-messi-crown-xavi","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/sterling-beating-salah-mbappe-neymar-race-messi-crown-xavi\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Sterling beating Salah, Mbappe and Neymar in the race for Messi&#8217;s crown&#8217; &#8211; Xavi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Former Barcelona midfielder Xavi has tipped Raheem Sterling to eventually replace Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo as the best player in the world.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Xavi was considered one of the game&#8217;s leading midfielders during his Barcelona days, where he played alongside Messi and won multiple major honours.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Is Sterling among those pushing Messi and Ronaldo? Five things to know&#8230;<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have won the Ballon d&#8217;Or five times each.<\/li>\n<li>Luka Modric is the only other player to have won the Ballon d&#8217;Or since 2007.<\/li>\n<li>Xavi name-checked Sterling, Neymar, Kylian Mbappe and Mohamed Salah as players who are pushing the duo.<\/li>\n<li>Sterling was named FWA Footballer of the Year and PFA Young Player of the Year last season.<\/li>\n<li>The forward has scored 31 goals in his last 57 appearances for Manchester City.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-color: transparent; display: block; padding: 0; max-width: 700px;\" title=\"Audioboom player\" src=\"https:\/\/embeds.audioboom.com\/posts\/7367517-de-bruyne-is-on-course-to-break-henry-s-most-impressive-premier-league-record\/embed\/v4?image_option=fullsq\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The World Cup winner, who currently manages Al-Sadd in Qatar, says it will be soon be time for someone to take over from Messi and Ronaldo as the best player on the planet.<\/p>\n<p>And Xavi believes Sterling is currently beating the likes of\u00a0Neymar, Kylian Mbappe and Mohamed Salah in that race.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMessi and Ronaldo have dominated the best player in the world awards for so many years now, it\u2019s hard to remember a time before them,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/sport\/football\/news\/xavi-believes-raheem-sterling-replace-20085853\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Xavi said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMessi is the best ever for me, and even though they\u2019re both still playing at a very high level, there will come the day not so long away when somebody else must step into those shoes.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1105242\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/fifa-20-every-player-drop-out-top-100\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1105242\" class=\"wp-image-1105242 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/09\/06183447\/fifa-20-top-100-dropouts-featured2-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"FIFA top 100 drop outs\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/09\/06183447\/fifa-20-top-100-dropouts-featured2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/09\/06183447\/fifa-20-top-100-dropouts-featured2-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/09\/06183447\/fifa-20-top-100-dropouts-featured2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/09\/06183447\/fifa-20-top-100-dropouts-featured2-66x37.jpg 66w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/09\/06183447\/fifa-20-top-100-dropouts-featured2-620x350.jpg 620w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/09\/06183447\/fifa-20-top-100-dropouts-featured2-940x530.jpg 940w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/09\/06183447\/fifa-20-top-100-dropouts-featured2.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1105242\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/fifa-20-every-player-drop-out-top-100\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Every player to drop out of the Top 100 for FIFA 20<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cYou look at young players who can be crowned the future best in the world and you still think of Neymar, Mbappe, Salah, and of course Sterling. I look at the moment \u2013 and Sterling is winning that race.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s always been a good player, a dangerous player, but under Pep he become one of the best in the world.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know how Pep works \u2013 he would have worked closely with him since his arrival \u2013 where he needs to improve and what he needed to work on.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re now seeing the results of that \u2013 he\u2019s still young and can be the world\u2019s best.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Would You Rather Virgil van Dijk or Messi for Ballon d\u2019Or? Liverpool Fans Quizzed\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/D4_cEN0GSuc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Subscribe to <a href=\"http:\/\/sqwk.at\/Squawka-Sub\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Squawka\u2019s Youtube channel here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>&#8220;Barcelona, Man City and Liverpool the favourites for the Champions League&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>Xavi went on to suggest Pep Guardiola will be prioritising the Champions League this season, after back-to-back league titles with Man City.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith Barcelona, I look at Manchester City and Liverpool as being the favourites for the Champions League this season,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe already know that Liverpool have shown they have what it takes to win the Champions League and they are a very strong team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd after two Premier League titles I think Pep will really prioritise the Champions League this season. You never know what can happen \u2013 but I look at those three as one of the winners.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool began their defence of the trophy with a 2-0 defeat to Napoli on Tuesday while Barcelona played out at goalless draw with Borussia Dortmund.<\/p>\n<p>Manchester City&#8217;s campaign begins against Shakhtar Donetsk on Wednesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Barcelona midfielder Xavi has tipped Raheem Sterling to eventually replace Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo as the best player in the world. Xavi was considered one of the game&#8217;s leading midfielders during his Barcelona days, where he played alongside Messi and won multiple major honours. Is Sterling among those pushing Messi and Ronaldo? 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