Gio
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What do you meen here Gio?
Edit - think I know now, thought you were saying his only peers are Messi and Maradona. But you're saying between the peaks of those two players he had no equal?
Not sure I'd agree if you are.
Between the Maradona and Messi eras. Considering their prime form, I'd say Ronaldo (96-99), Ronaldinho (04-06) and arguably Zidane (98-03) hit a similar level to Rivaldo (97-02). With Ronaldinho sustained dominance is an issue and with Zidane consistency is another. Michael Laudrup also deserves consideration in that tier, but I cannot speak as authoritatively on him as the other three.
Where is it you're intending to stick Rivaldo in your team, Gio? Wide left?
He's played a lot of his time wide left under Van Gaal and even for Brazil, however I'd probably give him a more central role, inside-left perhaps. Depends how the draft opens up though.