Quote Originally Posted by City123 View Post
And in 20 years time people will be saying "Oh [Insert name here] is a good player, but he's no Gareth Bale"

That's how the "all time greats" discussions work, the modern greats are dismissed until around 20 years after they've retired
bale is no maradona , cruyff, charles, di stefano, puskas, beckanbauer , etc great players are great players no matter what era you played in, as explained bale is up there with the best in the world in this era , but lets be honest, their is not a lot of competition about . in my opinion messi is the only player people will be talking about twenty years from now as a true great.from this era.