@honeric01: We've to compare the past and the present. That's the way we can know who's better.
@VALIDATOR: 'm with you on that diego comparison with messi.
@Ibime: You're the man. Pele was not even among the best 5 players in the Brazilian Squad in 1962 World Cup.
[b]@Kratos007: [/b]You reminded me of how Maradona was sent home in Spain'82 World Cup in the early matches.

Believe it or not, history are meant to be broken and we have seen it in tennis with Federer and so will it be in Soccer.
Pele & Milla are envious of the way Messi & Eto'o have been playing if you watch their comments. If we look both past and present we can all see Eto'o is the best african player of all time. Also the way Messi is going he might probably turn out to be the best ever but he's not there yet. Time will tell!!!

C.Ronaldo is not among the 10 best players in the last 10 years talkess of giving him the title of the best of all time.
Messi is better than him now and we have many great players that are better than him.
There are many sites that have compared the best football players of all time and we are yet to see C.Ronaldo there.
Below is one of such list.
http://www.rascojet.com/blog/index.php/2011/01/10-best-soccer-players-of-all-time/

Who is the best soccer player of all time?
Because these players played in different generations we find it hard to pick the best ever.
I think this is between Ronaldo da lima and Zidane because they played such a wonderful football that we didn't see during the time of Pele and Maradona. I'd like guyz to give their own list too or the best player ever. I also found an interesting list on the site below though the publisher picked Maradona as his best ever. http://www.rascojet.com/blog/index.php/2011/01/10-best-soccer-players-of-all-time/