Former Portugal international Nuno Gomes feels Real Madrid attacker Cristiano Ronaldo is the best in the world at the moment – even though he is not as clever as former Galactico Luis Figo.
Nuno Gomes played alongside Figo for Portugal between 1996 and 2006, while he also featured alongside Ronaldo for the Seleccao during the latter stages of his international career.
While he acknowledges that Ronaldo is blessed with greater physical prowess than his Madrid predecessor, the former Benfica star claims Figo was the more intelligent footballer of the two.
“Figo during his time was the best and Cristiano is the best at the moment,” Nuno Gomes was quoted as saying by uefa.com.
“Figo had more brains but Cristiano has more power.
“Maybe Cristiano scores more goals than Figo did because he can play not only as a winger but as a forward, whereas Figo was more of a winger but was rapid.”
Figo, who won the 2000 edition of the Ballon d’Or, played 239 games for Madrid between 2000 and 2005, while Ronaldo – twice a winner of the revamped Fifa Ballon d’Or prize – has made 244 appearances.
Source: Goal