Roberto Carlos weighed in on modern football's longest-running debate, claiming that Ronaldo Nazario is the best player of all-time, ahead of both Leo Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.
The former Real Madrid left-back played with the Brazilian for both club and country, and explained why he feels the centre-forward was head and shoulders above the rest.
"Ronaldo was the best. Neither Messi, nor Cristiano, nor Neymar," Carlos told Goal.
"There will never be another 'Fenomeno'.
"I think that in our generation it was more difficult to score goals.
"It was more physical then and the attackers were less protected, yet Ronaldo could do of everything," he added.
Carlos feels that Ronaldo caught much of the Real Madrid faithful by surprise with his extraordinary ability.
"I knew how incredible he was when he arrived at Real Madrid, but many people at the club did not," the Brazilian said.
"He surprised many people.
"I remember that 80,000 people [at the Bernabeu] were very happy and pleasantly surprised with him."
raynknight
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Everyone is entitled to their opinion and mind uuu R9 is surely among the Greatests of all Time. - Put some respect on the table before insulting a LeGend like Carlos and Ronaldo , They are worthy of every accolades in the world 👑
kingharris21
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Roberto Carlos i know you are still Angry That A 19 year old kid score a hat trick against you ,canavaro ,ramos and calvarho[Crylaugh][Crylaugh][Crylaugh]
nimimruyz
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RONALDO NAZARIO was and still the best everyone knows, people just get emotional over LM10 and CR7 . Leading goalscorer in a world cup with 8 goals plus winning it , no club performance can outweighed that.