Marco van Basten has omitted Lionel Messi from the world’s best three ever footballers and questioned his personality in comparison to other leading stars.
Van Basten is one of the most iconic attacking players of all time due to his spells with Ajax and Milan across the 1980s and early 1990s. The Dutchman scored over 300 goals across his senior career but his playing days were cut short by injury.
He played his last match in 1993, at the of age 28, due to an injury which forced his retirement two years later. Despite his relatively limited time on the pitch, he enjoyed plenty of successes as he won seven trophies at Ajax and 11 competitions with Milan, including three Serie A titles and three European Cups.
