

Soundoff: Which Current (or Recently Retired) Footballers are Future Legends?
By: Daryl | September 30th, 2009
This is a tough question, and it requires a few generalizations. But here we go:
There is a top tier of soccer players. No one’s 100% sure exactly who’s in there or where the cutoff is. But it features the likes of Pelé, Diego Maradona, Johann Cruyff, George Best, Ferenc Puskás, Eusébio, Garrincha (pictured), Alfredo di Stéfano. Basically: the greatest players who ever lived. The very best of the very best.
My question is: Which current players do you see eventually joining that list?
Before you answer, take a deep breath. Leo Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Kaka are likely the best players in the world right now. But the emphasis is on the right now. They’re not yet the best of all time.
Three short years ago, we might have said Ronaldinho was likely to join the greats. But then his Barcelona performances turned tepid, and now he’s struggling at Milan, and all of a sudden it seems almost silly to rank him alongside the all time greats.
There’s another similarly named player who’s a more likely candidate to join the greats once he retires. And he’s got some impressive credentials. Like the record for most goals in World Cup history. Then there’s a certain Frenchman who won everything and finished his career in the most memorable way imaginable. Will those players one day be talked about alongside Pelé at el? Only time will tell. But in the meantime, let’s try and take a guess.
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