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By the time I was properly able to comprehend a player's ability, he was 28-30 and nowhere near what he had been a few years previously. I'm not going to sit here and honestly state I rated him as better than the players I've named when I simply haven't seen him play at his best. I remember him vividly from Italia 90, and he was awful. Picked on name alone by the time the final came round. I've no doubt he's maybe the greatest ever, but it's about players I've seen.

Based off players that I've seen play.... Messi Zidane Ronaldo (the real one) Baresi Maldini Bergkamp Batistuta Henry Barnes Ronaldo (the fake one) Keane Vieira Xavi Iniesta Figo Raul Gullit Boban Del Piero Romario After the top 2 it's not really in order, I've missed loads off there too, some because I didn't see enough of them (Sammer, Hagi, Stoichkov), some because they weren't consistent enough over long periods (Ronaldinho, Djorkaeff, Savicevic), and some simply because of numbers (Baggio, Van Basten, Cafu, Zanetti, Buffon, Nesta). It's very late 80's/90's centric, although with a smattering of modern players. I also debated long and hard whether to put our own captain in there, and I did at first, but didn't want to seem too much of a 'homer'.

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