Gary Lineker

And I played, you know, at the top.

He plays like he's watching himself from above.

Take away all the goals and the dribbles and stuff.

His passing and his vision, I just don't know how it's humanly possible.

It's just bizarre.

But I just got so much time for him.

He's given me 20 years of joy watching him.

Cristiano's an incredible footballer.

They are, but they're different.

They're different.

I always feel bad because people have a go at me because they say, oh, you don't like Ronaldo.

It's not that I don't like Ronaldo.

I absolutely think he's an incredible footballer.

But you can't, there's no argument about who is the better footballer.

Just anyone that understands the game will see that.

But I've got so much admiration for Cristiano because he's so driven and his career has been so successful and he's scored so many goals.

He's brilliant.

In many years, he'd be the best player of his time.

But the fact that he's actually put in the same breath and lots of people do make the comparison...

is a huge compliment to him, really, of what he's achieved, because he hasn't got the ability that Messi has.