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Cannavaro: Maradona is the best of all time, closely followed by Ronaldo Nazario

  /  autty

Fabio Cannavaro has thrown his hat into the debate as to who is football's best ever player.

The former Italian defender spoke to Marcelo on Instagram Live about his picks for the greatest player of all time.

"For me, [Diego] Maradona was the best of them all and Ronaldo Nazario was the only one that got close to Diego Maradona," Cannavaro said.

"I played against Ronaldo in 1997, he was a top player.

"There was already talk of him and he was impressive, my word, he would give a look."

Cannavaro then suggested that Marcelo pick between Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi.

"It's a question that's there to screw over everyone who has played football," Marcelo replied.

"You can't say who is better. You can like one more than the other.

"Each person has their own ideas.

"I played with Cristiano for 10 years and he gives you motivation that no one ever gives me.

"We're talking about two phenomenons.

"Messi stops, shifts the ball and bursts past you in seconds.

"But you can't go along asking everyone who is better."