Today Messi, this guy needs to play in the top level where he will be marked a lot better to be considered.
The best I ever saw was George Best. Played in a time when defenders kicked Pele out of the World Cup, Maradonna would never of finished a game. Yet GB not only played and played at the top, he left these guys behind with his artistry.
Pele could be kept out of a game. Maradonna had flashes. Messi plays at a time when if you look at him to badly a referee awards a free kick. </joke>
Anyone remember Norman Hunter, Nobby Stiles, Harris of Chelsea, Billy Bonds, the entire Arsenal defense and for that matter the Liverpool defense as well. He played a game that he made look like something magical on pitches that were sand piles or mud heap or rock solid frozen.
Today putting green lawns they call footballs pitches.
And the ball was made of leather that soaked up water, today's plastic coated ball is no comparison.
I was there for that game. He made mince meat of West Ham. And I had spent the day to go watch my team suffer.
There are more on Youtube. Go and watch them.
Like this one.
Best striking force I ever seen. Best, Law and Charlton. earning in a year what today's football players earn in a week.