Barcelona supremo Joan Laporta claims Lionel Messi is already the best player in the world and a genius.
Messi, who has 19 goals in La Liga this term, has been turning heads for Josep Guardiola's team with a number of superb individual goals.
The 21-year-old finished as runner up to Cristiano Ronaldo in the 2008 Ballon d'Or voting, but Laporta claims personal glory will come once the Catalan giants claim silverware.
"It depends on the results of the team," he told Gazzetta dello Sport .
"But Messi is definitely already the best player in the world because he's a genius.
"Players like him only come around once every 30 years."
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