Sporting News · Jan 10, 2017
Cafu: Neymar will be world's best
Barcelona star Neymar (Getty Images)Brazil great Cafu expects Neymar to surpass Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi and become the world's best player.
Real Madrid star Ronaldo was named as The Best FIFA Men's Player at a ceremony on Monday, beating fellow finalists Messi and Antoine Griezmann.
Neymar, 24, is younger than the world's best two players and Cafu – a two-time World Cup winner – feels it is a matter of time before he goes past both.
"Neymar is not far from them," he said.
"I'm sure in the next few years he'll be playing as the best in the world."
The debate over who is the better player – Ronaldo or Neymar's Barcelona team-mate Messi – is a constant, and Cafu expects it to continue.