Argentina and Napoli legend Diego Maradona has claimed Juventus striker Gonzalo Higuain is not in the same class as compatriots Lionel Messi and Paulo Dybala.
Higuain has earned a reputation as a clinical finisher over the past few seasons, and has bagged 13 Serie A goals in 19 league appearances this season. Fellow Juventus forward Dybala has four goals in 12 appearances, while Barcelona star Lionel Messi has grabbed 14 strikes in La Liga so far this campaign.
“?”[Lionel] Messi, Higuain and [Paulo] Dybala are three great players,” Maradona told reporters outside the FIGC Hall of Fame event in Florence, as quoted by “?Football-Italia.
“Messi is the best, he’s untouchable with the ball at his feet. Dybala will grow and Higuain will continue to only score, he belongs to a different category [to the other two].
“With the ball at his feet he’s so-so.”
Maradona also commented on former club Napoli and revealed some repaired bridges, having criticised Coach Maurizio Sarri at the beginning of last season.
“[President Aurelio] De Laurentiis has invited me to the Real Madrid game,” Maradona continued.
“As for Sarri, I said what I thought of him, then he changed and I recognised my mistake.
“A coach can put a team onto the pitch, it doesn’t work and then you change and things go better. Sarri did that and picked up a lot of points.
“I really like how his Napoli plays, it’s too bad that Juve are always above them. They [Juventus] got a jab in Florence though, I loved it!”
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