Who is the 3rd best player after Ronaldo and Messi in their generation? 🏆⚽ Let’s unravel this fascinating debate and determine the standout star alongside the legendary duo! Who do you think deserves the title of the 3rd best player of their era? Share your thoughts in the comments! #Ronaldo #Messi #football #bestplayer #generation #debate
Personally I would say Luka Modric.
Lewandowski
If you are talking about the whole period it has to be Modric. Players have been better than him, but failed to maintain over the entire duration, examples include; Hazard, Neymar and Lukaku.
It’s duration of dominance that makes Messi and Ronaldo so special. And that’s why nobody else comes close.
Prime is Neymar. Overall it’s lewandowski, Modric. , Suarez, maybe Benzema. If you include goal keepers Neuer would probably take it.
Does no one remember the season where Suarez was the highest score in prime of Messi vs Ronaldo
I want to say Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
Manuel Neuer 100%
Zlatan
Iniesta
To be honest, people often forget goalkeepers but Neuer has always been an absolute god between the posts, and for quite some time as well.
In any other era Xavi and Iniesta would have been Ballon d’ Or winners
Zlatan
My Dad. He’s the best and can take on anyone.
Modric in my opinion
2009~2014 it was Iniesta, Xavi.
2015~2020 Suarez, Neymar, Lewandowski, Bale, Modric, In order.
Ronaldo and Messi played in the Zlatan era. 😁
The default was Zlatan but it always changed, some years it was Neymar, sometimes Suarez, sometimes Modric, earlier it was Xavi or Iniesta
Neuer
Its about consistency and length of time they were good.
Neuer was a brickwall. Casillas comes very close
Ronaldo and Messi era was 2008 – 2019. There isn’t a single player that was consistently good for that long , which makes this question hard to answer.
If you want to cover the same period, I’d say Neuer or Ramos. Otherwise , you can break it down into multiple periods.
2008 – 2012 : Iniesta / Xavi
2013 – 2016 : Suarez / Neymar
2017 – 2020 : Modric / Salah
Arjen Robben
I think Arjen Robben deserves a mention.
If we go a bit before then I think it is Ronaldinho and it is not even close. The most pure football player to ever live.
Lord Bendtner
Zlatan
If Neymar hadn’t been a petulant, greedy asshole he could have been no. 3. Going to PSG was a huge mistake. With him out of the picture, the three biggest contenders are Suarez, Ibrahimovic and Modric.
Ibrahimovic 👍🏼
I don’t know if they were the same generation, but Ibrahimovic was, clearly, the third best player in the world at the height of the Messi -CR7 era. Also, Di María is very underrated because he is the same age as Messi…
Zlatan Ibrahimovic
Does De Bruyne count as the same generation?
There is not one person over the entire duration. You can make cases for Iniesta, Suarez, Benzema, Lewandowski, Neuer, Philipp Lahm, Modric, Van Dyke, heck even Kroos.
Neymar duh..