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Ronaldinho is a three-time winner of the FIFA World Player of the Year award (Image: GETTY)
“The other one [Ronaldo] is complete, he has it all.
"So does Messi, but it's a question of taste and I prefer Messi's style.”
Ronaldinho spent five years at Barcelona after arriving in 2003, during which he won two La Liga titles, a Spanish Super Cup and the UEFA Champions League.
The Brazilian playmaker thinks football is about the “great moments” within the game, and not necessarily about the whole match.
“"I was never one to watch football a lot, or the whole 90 minutes,” Ronaldinho said.
“I watch the great moments, the goals, that's what I think football is.
Ronaldinho has tipped Philippe Coutinho to become one of the greats of world football (Image: GETTY)
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“Sometimes it goes well for you, sometimes not, that's football."
Ronaldinho had an outstanding career and played with some of the greatest footballers to play the beautiful game, but he wishes he’d had opportunity to play with Barcelona’sPhilippe Coutinho - a player he has tipped to become one of the greats of world football.
"There are a lot of players who I didn't coincide with and I would have liked to play with them.
“Coutinho is one of them. Iniesta and him are great players. They each have their own style, but I think the Coutinho will be one of the big names in world football.
“ He already is, but I think that he will be more still."