Henry: Messi is a better player than Ronaldo,Suarez is the best striker in the world

An old interview of Thierry Henry for Rio Ferdinand’s #5 magazine.

For someone who has played with Lionel Messi, former Barcelona star Thierry Henry explains why the Argentine is above the rest of everyone including Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo.

In an interview with former Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand for his #5 Magazine, Henry says, "Lionel Messi is the best player in the world, but I respect the amount of work Cristiano Ronaldo has put into the game.”

"But Messi is just a freak. It is nice for kids to watch as they can see one guy who was given a gift and the other guy who does it through hard work. Louis Saha used to tell me Ronaldo was the hardest worker at Manchester United. I am not saying Messi does not work hard - but it is more natural,” he adds. "Ronaldo had to work really hard to reach the top. They have the same mentality but that's the difference."

He also spoke about Luis Suarez’s future, and why he is the best striker in the world.

“If we are talking about strikers - not guys who score a lot of goals from anywhere - then I would say the best in the world is Luis Suarez,” insists Henry. “He has everything. He's in your face, he's arrogant in a good way, he can volley it, he can score headers. He has that vicious side to his game. I will not call it cheating. He knows how to score goals. We have seen it against England. They gave him two chances and he scored two goals.”