Former Manchester United man Park Ji-sung has insisted that Andrea Pirlo was 'the best midfielder in the world.'
The South Korean was full of admiration for the Italian maestro, who is to hang up his boots at the end of the current MLS season with New York City FC.
Park remembers clearly coming up against Pirlo when they represented United and AC Milan respectively, and he doesn't believe there was better than him around that time.
Speaking to Goal, he said: "He was not a big player physically, but his ability in passing, taking free-kicks, shooting from distance, play-making was the best in the world at that time.