Ferdinand: Suarez, Bale and Neymar above Zlatan

According to former Manchester United player Rio Ferdinand Swedish Zlatan Ibrahimovic is below the standards of Messi, Ronaldo, Neymar, Bale and Suarez. Zlatan is currently third highest scorer in the champions league among the players who haven’t hang their boot. 

The 34-year-old has won class titles in Spain, Italy, France and Netherlands, while Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are the main current players to have scored a greater number of objectives than the Swede in the Champions League.

However, Ferdinand trusts that Ibrahimovic’s absence of effect in the recent phases of the competition. He said.” There’s no doubting his ability but I wouldn’t put him up there with Messi and Ronaldo, and I wouldn’t even put him on the Suarez, Neymar, or the Bale level, to be honest.”