Aguero, Rooney & Van Persie are PL's finest - Messi

Lionel Messi has picked out Sergio Aguero, Wayne Rooney and Robin van Persie as the Premier League's three best players.



The Barcelona star told BBC Sport: "There are several quality players in the Premier League like Kun Aguero, who is my friend. I really like how he plays. Rooney [and] Van Persie are playing really well - they are great players."



Messi has won plaudits for his sensational form this season, with the Argentine forward scoring 50 times in 44 appearances for club and country to date. Debate has raged recently over where Messi stands alongside some of the other greats of the game, but the 24-year-old says he is unique.



"No one player is the same as another," he said. "I think each player has his own style, and we're all different."



Messi, who admitted he used to "never pass" as a youngster, has played with a number of quality players - but when asked who the best he has ever featured alongside is, he could not single anybody out.



"I have been lucky to always have really good team-mates," he added. "I was to lucky to play with Ronaldinho, with Deco, with [Samuel] Eto'o, and nowadays with Xavi [Hernandez], [Andres] Iniesta [and] Cesc [Fabregas]. It is very difficult to pick one.



"All those players are spectacular and I was lucky to play with them, to experience that, to train with them, play with them - it was wonderful."