The surprising player who chose Lionel Messi as the best he saw and is neither Ronaldinho nor Diego Maradona

Choosing the best player in history or the best one that you saw play is very subjective and that is why you can never determine exactly who it was. Lionel Messi is clear that there is a player he saw play who was very different from the others because of what he did. This player is Brazilian and he is neither Neymar nor Ronaldinho.

Diego Maradona was for many the best player in history but Lionel Messi was not considered to be the best he saw. The same happened with Ronaldinho, with whom he shared many years at FC Barcelona and was the one who sponsored him when Lionel Messi started playing with the first team. For Lionel Messi, the player who was different from the rest was Ronaldo Nazario.

For Lionel Messi the best player he has seen was Ronaldo, but not just Cristiano Ronaldo but Ronaldo Nazario. Ronaldo Nazario was the striker Lionel Messi has seen and according to the Argentine he was an impressive player from wherever he is seen. The word Lionel Messi used to describe him was “phenomenon”.

Lionel Messi has very different characteristics to those of Ronaldo Nazario but without a doubt they would have complemented each other in an incredible way. Ronaldo Nazario is currently closer than it seems to Lionel Messi since he is the president and owner of Real Valladolid. Lionel Messi was surprised by not choosing Diego Maradona but he did not get to see him live but through videos.