Hello Alan,
“It is impossible to compare the play of a Messi to a Zidane to a Van Basten to a Maldini all of whom play very different areas.”
What do you think the author meant to express by adding the article to names?
Thanks.
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A proper noun X prefixed by an indefinite article means 'a person like X'.