Carlo Ancelotti: ‘It won’t come out of my mouth that Messi is the best in history’

From there to consider the Pulga as the greatest player of all time? Not for Ancelotti: “It won’t come out of my mouth that Messi is the best in history. It’s too hard to say,” he started, saying it’s too difficult to compare players across the ages, “it’s not fair to say Messi is the best, because every era to very good players. I appreciated so many good players… I coach the Ballon d’Or every day (Editor’s note, Karim Benzema). And I saw Cruyff play, Maradona…”

Strangely, it should be noted that Carlo Ancelotti did not mention Cristiano Ronaldo, whom he nevertheless coached for two seasons at Real Madrid in 2013 and 2015.