"Messi is the best ever and is getting better," says Xavi

The former Barcelona midfielder, Xavi says that the winner of Goal 50, Lionel Messi is already the best player in history and believes that the Argentine striker can get even better.

 Xavi and Messi played together for more than a decade in the Camp Nou, winning 24 titles in the most successful period in the whole history of the Catalan club.

The midfielder, now 35, took a break in his career Blaugrana early in the season after winning the triple heart in 2014-15, but is still impressed with former teammate Messi, following now for your new club, Al Sadd, Qatar. "He has had an amazing career," said the ambassador of Adidas in Dubai to Goal when it opened the new store GO-Sport at the Mall of the Emirates.

"He continues to get better and better. Since he started in 17 or 18 years, he has improved every year. And every year it can get even better," he said. "For me it is the best soccer player in history."

Xavi made short journey from Qatar to Dubai on behalf of Adidas to meet and greet fans, and test the latest edition of the Adidas Primeknit X and Ace, cleats with new skills more in store.

The winner of the World Cup has grown in the famous Barcelona academy, La Masia, but the club was banned from performing transfers in 2015 due to irregularities in the recruitment of young players for their youth system.

"This is a matter of FIFA, a legal issue," said Xavi. "La Masia has always worked very well with young players and Barca are trying to improve their relationship with FIFA."

"Barca always uses players graduated from La Maria and this is very important. Now you have (Andres) Iniesta, (Sergio) Busquets, Sergi Roberto, (Marc) Bartra, Jordi Alba, Messi, many players created at home," He said.

"It is very important for Barca that the relationship with FIFA this good and orderly so that young people are authorized to work."

Meanwhile, Xavi says he is impressed with the standard of players in Qatar. "The tactical level is lower than in Europe," he said. "But the technical and physical levels are very good. There are several good players in Al Sadd and other clubs here. The level is very high."

And the midfielder does not know whether to follow the coaching career as former co-Barca team and coaches, Pep Guardiola and Luis Enrique.

"I do not know," he said. "I think it will work for sure with football. Maybe as a coach, perhaps as a manager. Football is my passion, of course, concluded".