Martin Palermo said he was willing to talk to the Barça player: "I would like, if possible, to get to speak with him, but I am calm because I lived with him all the time in the World Cup and we had a good relationship" .
The Argentine player Martin Palermo said he never wanted to criticize his compatriot Lionel Messi, who, in his view, "every time you wear the jersey appears to be performing a test."
"I never criticize a Messi or had no partner in the team," Palermo told radio station Onda Cero. "Maradona, and Maradona was and today is the present of a Messi and Argentina that represents us in the world. From what I've been with him, he feels, suffers. Every time I have to wear the jersey, it appears that is performing the examination, and that has to be that way. "
Palermo, a former player from Villarreal, Betis and Alaves, used to qualify Maradona and Messi is the best player in the world today, but perhaps could not get to play this role. It has other characteristics, are raised differently, has a different personality and perhaps could not be looking to be the Maradona of the selection. "
Regarding this controversy, Martin Palermo said he was willing to talk to the Barça player: "I would like, if possible, to get to speak with him, but I am calm because I have lived their words in talking about the lack of weight in the selection albiceleste Messi: "Messi know what I think of him and always I stressed since my arrival in the selection, of admiring him as a player, knowing the type of person that is, but hey, maybe I wanted to give a little guideline for what was always in the comparison that was Messi Maradona, Messi would be the Maradona of the World. "
"I said Messi in this direction would not be. Maradona with him all the time in the World Cup and we had a good relationship. "
Boca Juniors striker also spoke of the party that will face Spain and Argentina next month of September: "It will be a very nice game to enjoy it. To see a Spanish team that has made his game to the World over. His players really did a great World. "