Former Ajax and AC Milan forward Marco van Basten has stirred things up after saying that Lionel Messi is not one of the top 3 players to play football. The Dutch also left out Messi’s arch-rival, Cristiano Ronaldo, but said Ronaldo was there with the others.
After 7 Ballon D’or, over 800 career goals and 36 trophies, Marco van Basten says Messi doesn’t have the personality to be in the top 3. Cryuff was named the 3 best football players in history.
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Basten says those who think Ronaldo is better than Lionel Messi know nothing about football
As reported by speaking to France Football MARCADutch said, “Pele, [Diego] Maradona and [Johan] Cruyff is for me the three greatest players in history. When I was a kid, I wanted to be like Cruyff. He was my friend. I miss him. Pele and Maradona were also incredible.”
“Messi is also a great player, but Maradona always had more personality in a team. It’s not Messi who puts himself forward to go into battle. I’m not forgetting Cristiano Ronaldo, [Michel] platinum or [Zinedine] Zidan.”
The Dutch also spoke later about the Lionel Messi-Ronaldo controversy. said, “Cristiano is a great player, but those who say he is better than Messi know nothing about football or are saying it in bad faith.”
“Lionel Messi is one of a kind. Impossible to imitate and impossible to replicate. A player like him comes around every 50 or 100 years. As a kid, football genius fell into the hoop.”
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