AJ Hawk describes Lionel Messi's playstyle as exceptional, noting his unique ability to impact the game while appearing casual.

“watching him walk around like you always talk about is just amazing. Then I saw one time he's all the way back uh like in front of by his own goal and he decides to challenge the dude for the ball and how he like chopped his feet and went at the dude and just snaked it right out of bounds.”

Lionel Messi's legacy as the greatest player is already cemented regardless of the outcome of the upcoming final.

“I don't think it changes anything Joe even even if he doesn't win this game against Spain his legacy is cemented. What he's done game in general is cemented.”

He considers Lionel Messi the greatest soccer player of all time.

“I think it's going to be a 99.99999. The only hold out the only hold out going to be you.”

Lionel Messi's intuitive style of play is impossible for others to replicate.

“I think I said to you on the phone have we seen him use a skill move in his career? Were there times where you we saw oh that Messi step over right like no he's just playing Orthodox like by the book no one ever will again.”

He considers Cristiano Ronaldo to be his personal favorite over Lionel Messi, despite acknowledging Messi's undeniable greatness.

“Many many, you know, say he's the GOAT, but I I I would never move off of my preference of style of play and what Cristiano has has done in his prime years. You know, he's still the preference for me, but Messi is undeniable.”

Cristiano Ronaldo is the greatest footballer in history.

“So I think Cristiano for me now is is the best.”

Diego Maradona was a better footballer than Lionel Messi.

“There's a raging debate right whether Messi is I say Messi is not even the best Argentinian. Maradona was better than him.”

He suggests that Manchester United's poor performance is largely due to the incompetence of the owners, the Glazers, in managing and backing the team.

“the glazers are who own man united right and they are not letting up so it's always down to them whether they say yes or no today they're moving broke yeah that is not they're not necessarily moving broke they're just not adhering to what we need oh you know what I mean so it's a fan versus owner Ba”

The current ownership is the primary barrier preventing Manchester United from competing for major trophies.

“and whilst they are there, I and many United fans don't do not believe that we can compete with the Arsenals and Liverpools. I think we need to get back into the top five, but I think that probably is the ceiling of what Ruben Amarim can do.”

Fuad Abdi feels that the Glazer family has been extracting excessive money from the club and argues that current spending is merely a tactic to appease the fans.

“I feel like um he's the glazers have given um the fans a small window of opportunity like here's a couple more M buy whatever you need to buy so we can start winning games and shut the [ __ ] up that that's basically what that money was shut up money”

The speaker finds the practice of referees adding indefinite time at the end of a game confusing and maddening.

“for an American Sports Fan that is maddening like that you know what I mean the lack of precision and it can just keep going forever as long as there as long as an offensive plays is continuing right”

The speaker finds the lack of precise rules regarding added time in soccer confusing compared to American sports.

“it can just keep going forever as long as there as long as an offensive plays is continuing right so it could be like extra time has elapsed and even added time to the extra time has elapsed if you're on the offense and you keep making shots again they'll just keep going”