Maradona.
Like I've said eight thousand times. DIFFERENT TIME PERIODS.
Footballers and science have evolved since the prehistoric age bro. No footballer back in the day could play against any modern football. People are bigger, faster, stronger, and way more advanced in almost everything nowadays.
Both messi and maredona are a flourish and best in their own aspect.A fact they re not comperable with each other .....Maredonna is a greatest lagendary in this histoy of football and messi be next lagendary
Maradona is already a super star now messi is replacing him.
I have not seen Maradona play much but from what information I can gather, I think Messi is the better player of the two but but based on a Argentine view, Maradona is the most important player in their nations history because of what he did for their nation.
If Messi wins this World Cup, things will greatly change in that perspective.
No contest.
Maradona clearly was much more influential