Lionel Messi still won’t usurp Diego Maradona as the greatest footballer the world has ever seen even if he wins the World Cup final.
That’s the opinion of former England, Liverpool and Nottingham Forest star turned Mirror Sport pundit Stan Collymore, who reckons the late, great Maradona will remain the best there has been because he played the game at a time when he had to overcome a physicality which just isn’t there today.
Collymore said: “If Messi wins the World Cup this afternoon then people will say he’s the greatest of all time and I understand how his CV would back that up. A World Cup winners’ medal is the one trophy missing from his cabinet and that’s the one a lot of people point to as setting Maradona aside when they’re debating the best there has been.
