On December 29, in an interview with Suziko, Brazil, he talked about what he thought was the best player in the history of world football.
“Messi won the World Cup and I increased my list of the best players of all time to six, Messi, Pele, Garrincha, Cruyff, Maradona and Beckenbauer.” He said in an interview with canal De Sola.
Zico did not win the World Cup in his career and he knows the importance of the tournament as a measure of the best player in history.
He also defended Cruyff’s appearance on the list: “there is only one person on the list who has not won the World Cup, and that is Cruyff, but everything Messi does at Barcelona comes from Cruyff.”