So Rooney says Messi ''would struggle'' in the EPL?... hold on a minute.....?

All of u would probably have one of these names on your EPL team of the year, (Nasri, Hernandez, Modric, Silva) so why the hell would Messi, who is built the same way these guys are, struggle? Sometimes I think the physicality of the EPL is over-rated and the strength of LM10 under-rated, what do yall think?