Who Is/Was the Best Barcelona Player Ever?

Not to undermine any of the wonderful players that Barcelona had over the century, Johan Cruyff and Lionel Messiah do deserve special mention.
Johan Cruyff was not just an Ajax, Barcelona and Holland legend. He was a football legend.
But plenty of famous footballers have retired with bulging trophy cabinets. Cruyff was different. As both a player and a manager, Cruyff was an innovator, often tearing up the rulebook and coming up with new, ground-breaking ways of approaching the game.
Forget tiki-taka. Long before Barcelona and Spain's trademark tactic, there was the Ajax and Holland team of the 1970s and their unique system of "total football". Led by Cruyff, their style was based around quick passing, quick movement and constant rotation of position.
Sound familiar? Cruyff was basically Lionel Messi and Andres Iniesta rolled into one… forty years ago.
He was the first player to win three ballon d'or. Yeah, Messi has five. But long before he was even born, Cruyff won three golden balls in just four years (1971, 1973 and 1974).
The first man to realise the potential of La Masia.
La Masia is now a legendary institution - the football factory responsible for the conveyer belt of small, clever, technically gifted players that continue to find their way from into the Barcelona first team.
So where did the idea for football's most famous academy come from? Cruyff, of course.
La Masia existed before he was appointed Barca manager in 1988, but it was a word away from what we know today. Youngsters were picked on size and physical strength. It was Cruyff who changed the outlook, ensuring the emphasis was on technique and ability.
It's no exaggeration to say that without the Dutchman's vision, Andres Iniesta and Lionel Messi may have got no further at Barcelona than the front door.
First and only winner of European player of the century. well that says all
Long live the legend…

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