'It's not a competition' | Michael Laudrup on why we shouldn't compare Maradona, Messi, Ronaldo & co
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Michael Laudrup recalls the time where he was on the receiving end of a masterclass dealt out in Naples by one Diego Armando Maradona when he was playing for Juventus.
The Argentine icon was so good that he didn't even bother to tie his shoelaces before the game kicked off!
He then offers his thoughts on the debate over who is the greatest player of all time - whether it be Maradona, Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Pele or Di Stefano - and that he doesn't actually like to pick out any one of them.
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Laudrup is up there with Diego , Van Basten, & Romario as the best of there generation .....
Laudrup was criminally underrated… he was crazy skilled and knew the game
@TheFurymaker
10 ай бұрын
he was also a great coach when he was in Swansea, shame he went to shit afterwards, that Swansea side played such beautiful football
@user-pt1ow8hx5l
5 ай бұрын
Best PLAYER on the Swansea training ground, too. We were told!!..@@TheFurymaker
@USCFlash
3 ай бұрын
Laudrup is not criminally underrated. Anyone who knows the game knows how good he is. Plenty of top players idolize him
@johntgw
3 ай бұрын
Underappreciated, not underrated.
@USCFlash
3 ай бұрын
@@johntgw BINGO. Well said. People these days do not seem to know the difference.
One of my favorite players of all time!
And that... Is how all GOAT debates should be put to bed. Beautifully & wisely summed up by Laudrup. Just enjoy all the great players that played the game. From Di Stéfano, Pelé, Best, Beckenbauer, Cruyff, Maradona, Laudrup, Ronaldo 9, Zidane, Ronaldinho, Ronaldo 7, Messi. It's not a competition, as Laudrup said.
@patinho5589
Жыл бұрын
And Romario.
@thetruth4654
Жыл бұрын
You can still enjoy all of them, while at the same time being able to admit that Messi is simply the greatest players of all time, that doesn`t take anything away from the likes of CR7, Pele, Maradonna, Cruyff etc. All are great and some of the greatest of all time, but there is simply one goat and that is Messi
@user-on1ff3go3x
Жыл бұрын
@@thetruth4654 Gattuso is the greatest of all time
@lilianekanyangejoensen8668
Жыл бұрын
@@thetruth4654 you didn’t understand one word of what Laudrup just said.. Completely clueless! You for some odd reason asume you have knowledge about Messi that other people don’t have.. Like other people don’t have a remote they can turn on the TV and watch Messi play every weekend. All debating have seen Messi play, many probably more than you.. Of those who also have seen former players play like Laudrup and Maradona, many don’t agree with you.. Think about for a while..
@midfielder8131
10 ай бұрын
This is great comment. These debates should be over. DeStefano, Pele, Cruyff, Beckenbauer, Maradona. Ronaldo Messi… all were great players called the best at their time. That’s good enough. Let’s thank all of them and leave it right there.
Don Andrés Iniesta's idol. He went to Vissel Kobe mainly because of Laudrup. Aside from never wanting to play against his heart's team of course.
No other player moved as smooth and elegant with the ball as M Laudrup.
What a footballer. His brother Brian was a magician as well.
@brianlaudrupchannel
2 жыл бұрын
His brother is very underated. Played well in every shirt (maybe apart from Copenhagen) but left clubs too early for various reasons.
@Bill-Butcher
2 жыл бұрын
@@brianlaudrupchannel 🤣🤣🤣
@brianlaudrupchannel
2 жыл бұрын
@@Bill-Butcher huh
@billy6243
Жыл бұрын
@@brianlaudrupchannel yeah, exactly Brian had 1 out of 20 in mental strengh. If he just had 10 he would be among the best 15 players ever.
GRANDE LAUDRUP..è stato un vero signore in campo e fuori.Super carriera Lazio.Juventus Barcellona Real Madrid Ajax.Chapeau.💙🦅⬆️⬆️🥰😘
Ive spent the last 2 years trying to show and explain to my son how good players like Maradona, Platini, Socrates, Laudrup, Gullit , Butragueno, Zico and Van Basten were..
Handsome gentleman. And one of the greatest midfielders ever.
I'll always remember a big sign on the Camp Nou in the 90s which had the following text on it: "Enjoy Laudrup" And we all did FOR SURE, and none of us that watched him and his Barcelona temmates and other teams from that era, or any era, won't stop enjoying all of them... to see people fighting because they have an opinion about a player, that by the way, it's IMPOSIBLE to prove, instead of enjoying the players they like it's appalling and sad and makes football poorer... hooliganism at its worst
Michael laudrup ❤ proud to say that somewhere along my lineage I have Danish heritage , my great great grandad is a dolmer, , a common Danish surname
@amdimilker5773
2 ай бұрын
It's not very common actually! But it is indeed a Danish surname.
@peterbach1126
26 күн бұрын
Kåldolmere are fucking delicious tho
He just said it even he didn’t want to- Diego was a true king of the game. As Russell Brand said in his eulogy on this platform - “We lost a true great…..celebrate the gifts of others because we will all end the same way”. RIP Diego
One of The best ever
Playing 7 minutes with his shoes unlaced at a major final?! We miss you Diego, miss you very much because players like you come ones in a century.
(i must say it, too) Michael, thank you!!
Når mister snakker, så holder man kæft og lytter til hvad legenden siger! Han har altid ret....
Respect for his achievements in and outside the stadium. Absolutely a very humble player, but what a sensation on the field. Dmn I miss 80 90's football 😭⚽⚽⚽ now to much money and crying players on the ground pfffff
Classic no. 10 Maradona (the king) Platini Baggio Zico Laudrup Hagi ..... Riquelme (the last classic 10)
@MaximilianXXX
4 ай бұрын
Messi, Aguero and Thierry Henry all wax lyrical about Riquelme.
@davidsykes1980
3 ай бұрын
Chris Sutton
pure class
Thank you Michael
These were the number 10 and they all played ( or most of them ) in Italy ❤️
Michael, you were on the very same level.
the danish Tom Cruise
@thisguyrighthere3
2 жыл бұрын
lol why do you have to insult Laudrup like that
@tanoshehu7169
Жыл бұрын
Più Sean Bean.che Tom Cruise.
@janchristiansen8838
Жыл бұрын
You probably don't know Dev1ce from CS GO. But he is the Danish Tom Cruise👍😉
Exactly, and especially the Messi vs Ronaldo debate the last 10 years, just enjoy them both, they are different, play differently and entertain differently.
M Laudrup was being was picked by best team in the world Juventus to pair w Platini when he was 20.. if he played in this era I think he can surely compete w messi & cr7 … & after hearing what he said about Maradona … we all know who’s the greatest ..
What a classy response, and I completely agree. We should talk about best players from 10 year periods or something like that,
Tak Michael ❤
Michael Laudrup er en af de bedste, men Danmark et lille land, tja så kan man ikke være den bedste, for fodbold er også politik.
Laudrup was one of my favorite players ever. As good as any of the players he mentioned.
We have to give respect to all the great players that gave so much to the game of football in each era. So he is right; we stop comparing who is best. We have had the luck of wittnessing Messi and Christiano in the same era...as he stated. What more magic could we have asked for...as all the el classico with them together have been played in the last 15 years!!!!
This guy was really special... I like that speech as well...
Messi, Maradona, Di Stefano..🇦🇷
True from a legend!!!
great player
Mange tak. Michael
Laudrup is far too humble… like we watch sport to see the most skilled above all else. Sport is an avenue for competition. It’s a fun exercise to come up with arguments of whose on the top of the mountain. Yea, for sure, football changes and therefore as you move on, they’re different type of players that resonate with their time, but at the same time… these are timeless players that can play at in period of football and still be part of the top dogs.
Thank you for being at rangers FC my goodness you have talent 🎉❤ 🔴⚪🔵
King of dribble.
Of course Michael we don't need your opinion on who's the best player ever played foot ball . Diego on the world of his own . Even yourself you were beaten 3-0 on the day .
Laudrup himself - Great player, honorable, intelligent, decent man. Respect. And yes - thank you!
The fuckin man let ,e tell ye eyes I the back of is head ,y idol the big fella Diego no 1 , the maestro laudrup 2nd or 3rd with the real Ronaldo
This is great comment. These debates should be over. DeStefano, Pele, Cruyff, Beckenbauer, Maradona. Ronaldo Messi… all were great players called the best at their time. That’s good enough. Let’s thank all of them and leave it right there.