Is Ribery the Closest Thing to Messi?

The Telegraph's Duncan White:

"It is surely beyond even the most partisan Premier League enthusiast to deny that Lionel Messi is the best player in the world...What might prove harder to swallow is that English football cannot even lay claim to the next in line: that honour must go to Franck Ribery.
English football may have again dominated the Champions League this season but the best two players in European football will be doing extraordinary things with a football in the one tie that has no direct English interest: Wednesday night's match between Bayern Munich versus Barcelona. Messi versus Ribery will make thrilling viewing."

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