Who’s the best? Former Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi & Kylian Mbappe team-mate Pablo Sarabia explains his choice – with Al-Nassr, Inter Miami & PSG forwards all ‘amazing’

The Spanish midfielder, who is now at Wolves, has spent time on the books of Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain. He saw Portuguese superstar Ronaldo up close at Santiago Bernabeu, before getting the chance to work with Messi, Mbappe and Neymar in France.

Ranking those iconic forwards is no easy task, with Sarabia telling talkSPORT of his time spent in the company of all-time greats: “It's amazing because it's a dream to play with these players. I learned a lot because when you're training with these team-mates, these players, it's incredible. The goals, the assists, it's very important to try to learn in this moment and in training every day. They're amazing players. Outside the pitch these are very good people and because of this it's a reference for me and I want to translate [that] to my son also.”

Sarabia went on to say when asked to rank Ronaldo, Messi and Co: “It's a very difficult question. It's Cristiano because his mindset is totally incredible. It's very hard. Neymar, his ability to be different than the other players, it's possible to do everything, I've never seen anything like it. He has a lot of quality with the ball, it's incredible. With Messi, everyone knows his capacity, the ability to score, to find the solution.”

Messi and Ronaldo have found themselves at the centre of a drawn out GOAT debate for some time, with both earning plenty of supporters for their respective cause. They have 13 Ballons d’Or between them, with Messi considered to be the more naturally gifted performer, while Ronaldo’s relentless work rate has carried him to the very top of the game.