Messi makes winning easier – Mourinho

Jose Mourinho has claimed that having Lionel Messi in your team, makes winning matches easier but insisted that the team is greater than any individual.

Messi has won five Bqallon d’Or awards and a staggering 26 trophies at Barcelona, including four Champions League titles.

Mourinho believes the Argentina captain makes all the difference.

“First of all it’s about individual players. Just to give you an example, Messi won the Champions League with three different managers,” he said in an interview with BT Sport.

“I think it’s easier to win with him, than against him. I am a football manager. I know that sometimes people think that the individual is more important than the team.

“But when I feel that it is time for me to take a permanent holiday – I still think that the team is more important than anything.”

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