Former Barcelona forward and two-time FIFA World Player of the Year runner-up Hristo Stoichkov believes there is no one capable of competing with Lionel Messi.
The Argentinean forward has enjoyed another stellar 12 months with Barcelona, helping the Spanish side to La Liga, Champions League and Copa del Rey titles and is tipped as the favourite to take out this year s Ballon d Or award on Monday.
Stoichkov played for Barcelona in two separate stints and took out the European Footballer of the Year award in 1994, while also finishing runner-up in what is now known as the Ballon d Or to Marco van Basten in 1992 and Romario in 1994.
The Bulgarian scored 118 goals in 254 appearances for Barcelona, and 38 in 84 appearances for his country.
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Neven Subotic is edging closer to a move away from Borussia Dortmund after he was allowed to sit out Thursday s training session in order to hold talks with another club.
The centre-back recently announced that he is keen to leave Dortmund in order to relaunch his career elsewhere after losing his starting berth at the Signal Iduna Park and a transfer now only seems a matter of time following the latest developments.
Neven Subotic was given the day off in order to negotiate with a potential new club, Dortmund announced on their official Twitter account.
. wurde vom Training freigestellt, um Verhandlungen mit einem möglichen neuen Verein führen zu können.
— Borussia Dortmund (@BVB)
Subotic joined Dortmund from Mainz in June 2008 and has sin…