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'He'll Have to Settle for 3rd Place': Brazil Legend Feels Neymar Can't Compete With Ronaldo & Messi

Real Madrid and Brazil legend Roberto Carlos has claimed that fellow countryman Neymar will never win the Ballon d'Or while Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are still 'in form'.

Carlos supported Neymar's decision to leave Barcelona for Paris Saint-Germain, but he does not believe the move improved his chances of winning the prestigious world's best player award.

Speaking to France Football, via EuroSport, Carlos stated: "I think he did well to sign at PSG. To be the best in the world he had to leave Barca because there is [Lionel] Messi.

"Even if he must be aware that, as long as Messi and Ronaldo are in form, he will have to settle for third place.