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Manchester City midfielder Ilkay Gundogan has named Lionel Messi as the best player in the world but omitted five-time Ballon d'Or winner Cristiano Ronaldo from his list.
It was announced on Friday that all professional football in England would be suspended until at least April 4 due to the coronavirus, leading Gundogan to conduct a Q&A session on Twitter.
When asked to submit his top three players in the world right now, Gundogan named Messi—who has won the Ballon d'Or six times—ahead of team-mate Kevin De Bruyne and a certain Paris Saint-Germain ace:
The inclusion of Kylian Mbappe means Gundogan rates the 2018 FIFA World Cup winner ahead of Neymar, though there's perhaps some bias in his decision to name De Bruyne at No.