Ronaldo: Ibrahimovic is the world's best striker

Brazil legend Ronaldo has
labelled Paris Saint-Germain
talisman Zlatan Ibrahimovic as
the best striker in the world in
2015.
The Swede, 33, has played for
some of the greatest clubs in the world, including
Juventus, Barcelona, Inter, Ajax and AC Milan and is
currently in his third PSG season having finished as Ligue
1's top goalscorer in both of his previous campaigns.
Although he missed out on featuring in the 2014 World Cup
due to Sweden's failure to qualify for the finals,
Ibrahimovic is usually in the frame whenever there are
discussions about who the most dangerous forward on the
planet is.
And Ronaldo - who himself was regarded as without equal
during his prime - suggested that Ibrahimovic is unrivalled
when it comes to out-and-out strikers right now.
"I think the best striker is Ibrahimovic," Ronaldo told
Sports Illustrated . "He wears No.10, but he plays like a
No.9.
"Last year I went to Paris a couple of times and watched
matches in which he played. His movement [is amazing]!
He's very, very good - the best at the moment."
Ronaldo also named Zinedine Zidane - who broke Brazil
hearts in 1998 at the World Cup with France and was later
the striker's team-mate at Real Madrid - as the greatest
player he ever came up against during his playing days.
"Zinedine Zidane was the best I played against," he added.
"I had the pleasure to train with him. People saw a lot of
things in matches, but I saw him every day in training, in
games. Every time it was amazing to watch him."
Ronaldo claims that "very good friend" Paolo Maldini was
the toughest defender he ever tussled with, while
suggesting Gianluigi Buffon is "easily the most difficult
goalkeeper I played against".
The ex-Barca and Inter striker even cheekily revealed how
close he was to his favourite-ever colleague Roberto
Carlos.
"My best team-mate was Roberto Carlos," Ronaldo
continued. "I slept more in the same room with Roberto
Carlos in training camps than with all the women I've been
with in my life!
"I spent all my life with Roberto Carlos for 20 years - with
the national team, with Real Madrid, with Corinthians."
Courtesy: goal news
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