Not Ronaldo, Messi, Arsenal star names his best player

Arsenal attacker, Raheem Sterling, has named Brazil legend Ronaldinho as his favorite ahead of Argentina’s Lionel Messi and Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo.

While Messi and Ronaldo are widely rated as the greatest players the world of football has ever seen, Ronaldinho tend to come up in the discussion, owing to the fact he did achieved a fair bit in his career.

During his time as a footballer, Ronaldinho played for several top clubs in Europe including Spanish side Barcelona and French clubs Paris Saint-Germain.

The Brazilian who is now 44-year-old, made 207 appearances across competitions for Barcelona, bagging 94 goals and 71 assists.

Aside from Ronaldinho, Sterling also chose another Barcelona icon and Brazil star Neymar, as his second favorite footballer.

He named Messi in third, Brazilian striker, Ronaldo Nazario, in fourth place while Cristiano Ronaldo came fifth.

The Arsenal star made the pick in a video shared on X by CentreGoals.

Meanwhile Arsenal will return to action on Tuesday night in the UEFA Champions League when they play against Sporting in Portugal.

It is yet to be known if Sterling will make it to manager Mikel Arteta’s squad that will play against the Portuguese side.