This World Cup has been far too much about a few players - Messi, Ronaldo, Mbappe - at least in the way it’s been covered on telly for my liking. There isn’t really an outstanding team in it, beyond Morocco for their attitude and tenacity, but France and England the best, intermittently. Griezmann has been outstanding and Bellingham has the potential to be one of our best ever - and both have been consummate team players.
It’s always difficult to compare players from different eras, but Maradona won things for Napoli and Argentina virtually single handedly, with minimal protection from refs. Napoli’s two championships in Italy came when Milan had one of the best club teams ever, and Inter, Juve and Sampdoria were all superb teams as well. Playing for Guardiola’s Barcelona alongside Iniesta, Busquets, Xavi, David Villa, where your only competition is Real Madrid really doesn’t compare, and as for the pay day at PSG….
The key difference was Messi never left Barcelona to prove himself in another country. Playing in a great side in which really is a 2 horse race in Spain, is always gonna make you look fantastic. What Maradona did at Napoli was a miracle, and something which if Messi had done would've automatically made him number 1. Both exceptional players, and hard to choose between them and Ronaldo but for that reason I'd go Maradona. Such a difficult question though, I never got to see Di Stefano or Puskas or Duncan Edwards. Who can really tell who the greatest is or could've been ?
Me too. Fantastic player. I have seen him live twice and he scored 9 goals. His career deserves it. France or Morocco will be difficult to beat so the final could go either way.
