Barcelona’s Alexis Sanchez aims to emulate ‘best player in the world’ Lionel Messi
The Chile international says that he is keeping his feet on the ground as his career goes from strength to strength, with winning trophies at Camp Nou now his main focus
SOURCE: GOAL, Sky Sports
Barcelona forward Alexis Sanchez says that he hopes to emulate the success of his team-mate Lionel Messi, whom he describes as “the best player in the world”.
The Chile star joined the Blaugrana from Udinese in the summer of 2011 in a €26 million deal, and insists that he is keeping his feet on the ground despite his meteoric rise.
“At Barcelona I am going step-by-step,” Sanchez was quoted as saying by skysports.com.
“I know that I haven't done anything yet but I am happy for the career that I have had until this moment, most of all the performance I had at Udinese, when I had been chosen as one of the best players in Italy.
“On the other hand I find it important to keep on growing, and that is happening at Barcelona, where I learn very much from Lionel Messi, the best player in the world.
“This team wants to keep on winning things; I want to be at Barcelona for a long time. I want to follow the way Messi has gone.
“That means to win everything.”
Alexis has performed well since his arrival at Camp Nou, with five goals to his name so far, including a strike against Real Madrid in December’s 3-1 Clasico win at the Santiago Bernabeu.
The 23-year-old has already won the Spanish Supercopa, Uefa Super Cup and the Club World Cup in Barcelona colours.
