The Argentine believes if Leo is happy then 95 per cent of the game is won already
He says with Messi at his best it's very difficult for any team with him in it to lose
Jorge Sampaoli, Sevilla coach and potential FC Barcelona manager, hailed Lionel Messi as the most decisive player in world football. Sampaoli said that his dream as a coach is “to be in charge of Messi to see him every day from the touchline. It’s a unique dream to see Messi so close up, always. The form Messi is in is incredible. Who wouldn’t like to be in charge of him? If you help a determining player be happy, you have 95 per cent of the game sorted. These are like the days in which Maradona was good. It’s very difficult for a team, when Leo is good, to lose.” Sampaoli’s comments, per Goal.com.
Sampaoli would love to replace Luis Enrique at Barcelona but other options seem ahead of him in the list. Sampaoli will visit next Wednesday at Camp Nou when Sevilla face Barcelona/ The contract of the coach in Seville ends in 2018 and he has a 1.5m euros release fee clause.
