Lionel Messi “is top”, admits Fabio Cannavaro, but Diego Maradona is considered to top his fellow Argentine on any all-time list because the 1986 World Cup winner is “another world”.
Debate regarding which of the South American superstars can be considered the best has raged for several years, and looks set to rumble on for some time yet.
Former Italy international Cannavaro is well placed to pass judgement having played with and against two iconic figures.
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A man who skippered the Azzurri to global glory in 2006 was just starting out as a teenager at Napoli when the mercurial presence of Maradona was helping the club to two Serie A titles.