Henrik Larsson has ranked ex-Celtic teammate alongside the likes of Lionel Messi and Ronaldinho

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Henrik Larsson played with some unbelievable players across his career.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic formed a lethal partnership with the Celtic legend for the Sweden national team, but there was also excellent talent at Parkhead.

Larsson loved Paul Lambert, while he also played alongside the likes of Lubo Moravcik and Bulgarian star Stiliyan Petrov.

Of course, Larsson ranks Barcelona icons Lionel Messi and Ronaldinho as the best he ever played with, and Chris Sutton, according to the Swede, is also right up there.

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Larsson ranks Chris Sutton alongside Messi and Ronaldinho

Larsson was speaking recently to ex-Celtic defender Charlie Mulgrew on the latter’s Mulgrew Pitch to Par YouTube channel, where the pair played a nine-hole scramble in Sweden.

And during the play, Mulgrew asked Larsson the first three players he would sign for a team if he was the manager.

Ronaldinho came almost instantly to Larsson’s mind, before going on to choose Chris Sutton and Lionel Messi to finalise his trio.

Larsson: “If I am the manager, I want to win. So I will go with Ronaldinho. I will need three strikers then.

“I would say Ronnie, and I loved Chris Sutton, the way he can play in different positions and he’s great fun as well.

“And then if I can, I’ll say Messi – we need to have him there as well.”

Mulgrew: “Imagine Sutton in a changing room with Messi though?

Larsson: “Yeah, that would be messy. That would be messy!”

Mulgrew: “Ronaldinho, Messi, Sutton. Imagine Sutton in a changing room with them. That’d be funny.”

Comparing Sutton, Messi and Ronaldinho’s stats

Obviously, Sutton was nowhere near the technical levels of Messi and Ronaldinho, rather Larsson has ranked him up there because he loved playing with the Sky Sports pundit.

Sutton and Larsson’s strike partnership was deadly for Celtic in the early 2000s, with a combined 328 goals scored between them at the club in all competitions.

Sutton played a total of 409 league games across his career, an incredible innings for any player. But Messi has scored 547 league GOALS in his career so far.

The Englishman’s best achievement was winning the Premier League with Blackburn Rovers, while Messi and Ronaldinho have countless Champions Leagues and Ballon d’Ors between them.