Diego Forlan struggled at Manchester United before becoming a star in Spain and he believes that he was better than Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo in one area of the game

Until now, just two players of this generation have staked a claim to be sculpted into the game’s Mount Rushmore, with Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo sustaining such celestial levels for so long that they belonged in a category of their own.