Is it widely recognized that Iniesta largely took his playing style from Michael Laudrup?

No sh*t Sherlock. They have identical playing styles, and Iniesta publicly stated that he idolizes Laudrup.

...You just realized?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Lf4DrcRntA

+1 Awais for the video.

@Dynastian98 I think your statement is invalid, "No shit sherlock" because I asked a question

@Billy

It's a figure of speech in the English language. Educate yourself.

^he was asking, not stating. The sentence is not very well structured as a question so it is hard to tell he was actually asking..

@Dynastian98 I'm aware it's a figure of speech. I didn't know it was in the English language (thanks for pointing that out). that phrase is properly used in response to statements

@Billy

Tell me more. I'm intrigued. :)

i guess you address questions in general with nothing more than the answer. so responding to my question with "They have identical playing styles, and Iniesta publicly stated that he idolizes Laudrup." would have been, if not a proper way to answer a question, sufficient. that about sums it up.