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Piers Morgan names four greatest footballers in history after Messi’s performance against Croatia.
Despite Lionel Messi’s outstanding performance against Croatia, Piers Morgan names his four greatest footballers in history. He claimed that Cristiano Ronaldo is the greatest player to ever play the game of football.
Morgan only ranked Messi as the fourth greatest footballer of all time.
On Tuesday night, Messi advanced to his second World Cup final in spectacular fashion by scoring and providing an assist in Argentina’s 3-0 victory over Croatia.
The SunSport columnist opened by congratulating Messi and Argentina on their World Cup semifinal appearance.
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Speaking on Twitter, he said: “Congratulations to Argentina & Lionel Messi on reaching the World Cup final. Never doubted them.”
But England legend Gary Lineker, who has always maintained Messi is the best ever, then asked Morgan: “Is there still a debate? Asking for a goat.” To which he replied: “There isn’t. It’s Ronaldo.”
Soccer Saturday presenter Jeff Stelling then pressed further on his take, saying: “So where are we now @piersmorgan in the Ronaldo v Messi debate?”
And Morgan responded by saying Messi doesn’t even break into his top three, ranking Diego Maradona and Brazilian Ronaldo ahead of him too.
He said: “I think Cristiano Ronaldo’s the best ever, Maradona 2nd, Messi 3rd (possibly 4th actually, behind R9 [Brazilian Ronaldo]).”
Last month, Morgan’s bombshell interview with Ronaldo ultimately led to his Manchester United contract being terminated.