“Messi could do what he wants,” Iniesta told Mundo Deportivo.
“In any position he could be the best.
“OK, there are very specific roles in the centre of the field that perhaps are more positional, of a different type of player to what Leo is.
“But he could play where he wants to, because he is the one with the most goals.
Lionel Messi remains Barcelona's top star (Image: GETTY)
Lionel Messi could drop into the Barcelona midfield in years to come (Image: GETTY)
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Lionel Messi and Andres Iniesta won hoards of titles together at Barcelona (Image: GETTY)
“The important thing is that he keeps doing it and that he plays as he likes.”
Messi leads Barcelona out against Celta Vigo this afternoon as the Nou camp club look to end 2018 as table toppers in La Liga.
Lionel Messi boasts 20 goals for the season already, having played 19 games.
He scored a hat-trick in the 5-0 drubbing of Levante last weekend.