Messi better than Ronaldo - Turan

The latest arrival at Camp Nou believes that the
Argentine is the greatest player the game has ever
seen, while he revealed that he received several
offers from other clubs
New Barcelona signing Arda Turan says that, while
Cristiano Ronaldo is a "special" player, the Real
Madrid superstar will never reach the same level
as Lionel Messi.
Turkey international Arda completed his €41
million move from Atletico Madrid to the Blaugrana
on Friday , putting pen to paper on a five-year
contract with the Catalan club.
The attacking midfielder will not be able to play for
Luis Enrique's side until January as Barca are
currently serving a Fifa-imposed transfer ban
relating to the movement of under-age players but
Arda explained that he never had any doubts about
moving to Camp Nou as he is so excited about
lining up alongside the man he believes to be the
greatest footballer of all time.
"Cristiano is special but he'll never be like Messi,"
the 28-year-old told reporters at a press
conference on Friday.
"I don't think that there's ever been anyone like
Messi - or ever will be."
However, Arda admitted that he is arguably even
more excited about playing in the same team as
Andres Iniesta and insisted that there is room for
him in Barca's all-star attacking line-up.
“Hopefully I will play play alongside Iniesta, Messi,
Neymar and Luis Suarez," he stated. "I think you
can see that picture of the five of us playing
together.
"At Atletico, I always said that Messi is the best
player in the world, but Iniesta is my idol."
Arda, who was also linked with Liverpool, Chelsea,
AC Milan and Paris Saint-Germain, also revealed
that he could have moved elsewhere but that he
always had his heart set on a switch to Catalunya.
"I received lots of offers, but when I heard from
Barca I pushed all the others aside," he added.
"Those who know me know that I've dreamt of
playing for Barca since I was a kid.
"I'm happy to come to the best club in the world.
I'll try to give the best I've have.
"I've always liked having to really fight in order to
win; I think here people will see the best Arda."