Rummenigge - Bayern has the player to shut down, Messi

Bayern Munich CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge insists that his club has the perfect player to contain and put a stop to Lionel Messi.

Bayern Munich and Barcelona are getting ready to face off in the ultimate quarter-final clash. It’s a game worthy of a Champions League final.

Arguably the hottest inform team in Europe right now, Bayern Munich are getting ready to face Lionel Messi and his down in the doldrums Barcelona side.

However, as good as the Bavarians are, and as bad as the Catalonians have been, you can never write off a side with Messi in it.

Well that is the opinion of any neutral and football scholar this side of the Mississippi.

That is unless you are Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, the Bayern CEO.

The Club legend and now board member believes that Hansi Flick has a player at his disposal who can not only handle Messi but put a stop to his influence on the game too.

Speaking to the Bundesliga’s official website, he acknowledges the difficulty in the task but is quietly confident.

He said:

“It’s a difficult and interesting task.”

“But we have a good ‘Messi stopper’. If Messi plays on his side, Alphonso will take care of him. He hasn’t really been outpaced or dribbled past this season.”

What do think is 19-year-old Alphonso Davies really a match for Lionel Messi?