Former Manchester United goal machine Ruud van Nistelrooy has offered Juventus some advice on how to stop Barcelona's fabled front three in this weekend's Champions League final.Luis Enrique's men are favourites for the clash in Berlin mainly thanks to their all-star front three of Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar who have broken all kinds of scoring records this season.
"I have found the secret to stop them and it could be good information for their opponents," Van Nistelrooy told Goal at the #ChampionTheMatch event organized by Heineken in Mexico City.
"I think the only way to stop Messi, Neymar and Suarez is to block the other eight players of the team. You must stop the passes coming into them.
"When Neymar, Suarez and Messi are functioning, Barcelona have the best attack in the world."
The Dutchman commented on the decision by his former club United to allow Juventus star Pogba to leave for Italy on a free transfer in 2012.
"It is easy to say it was a mistake in hindsight," he noted.
"If you see the player that he has became, then obviously United should never have let him go, but when he left he was very young. A team makes its decisions and sometimes it can go the other way."
The former striker also revealed his favourite team-mates from his career as well as his toughest opponents.
"I played against so many good defenders in my career, the best I remember playing against were Milan's backline of Cafu, Jaap Stam, Alessandro Nesta, Paolo Maldini and Dida. They were the strongest," he stated.
"The best partnership I had in attack was with Raul at Real Madrid or with Luc Nilis at PSV. Paul Scholes made be a better player and striker at Manchester United."
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