Eidur Gudjohnsen had some pretty insightful quotes this week. You can check out the full quotes here, but the main information to takeaway is his view on how Neymar would have helped Messi.
“Messi is still the top player at the moment. If he has an injury, as we have seen at the start of the season, then Griezmann can be someone to step in. With Neymar, that might be more of that thinking, even though it didn’t happen.
”I think Barcelona are looking to other players to take the pressure off Messi.