The Brazilian has faced the likes of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo during an illustrious career but says the notoriously tricky former Chelsea striker was the toughest to get the better of.

Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are widely regarded as the two biggest stars in world football. Though Roberto Mancini has claimed that Zlatan Ibrahimovic is 'on the same level'.

Real Madrid had publicly courted Ronaldo throughout the 2008-09 season and shattered the transfer record that summer by paying £80m to bring the Portuguese star to the Bernabeu.

Sadio Mane had an ally in Lionel Messi after being 'left with a bitter taste' by Jurgen Klopp's decision to back Virgil van Dijk for last year's Ballon d'Or.

The Portuguese midfielder has settled in well to life at Old Trafford and already has pundits, fans and former United players fawning over his early performances after his £68m move from Lisbon.

Tomas Rosicky may have left Arsenal this summer after 10 years at the club but there is still life in the old dog yet as he takes to Euro 2016 with the Czech Republic.

The former Arsenal veteran believes his country should be positive after their narrow defeat to Spain but has called on his side's youngsters to step up on the big stage.

Fatih Terim offered an emotional defence of his contribution to Turkish football on the eve of Tuesday night's game against the Czech Republic.

SAMI MOKBEL AT THE SINOBO STADIUM: A 100 per cent record for the Three Lions came crashing down in Prague, as Gareth Southgate's side faced a reality comedown.

The 43-year-old country star had everyone in tears on Tuesday's episode of The Voice after he symbolically tried to steal a struggling contestant.

Chrissy Teigen has penned a very cheeky response to John Legend's 'sexiest man alive' title.

Sarah Baker from Cambridge was on a British Airways flight from Tokyo when she saw the device 30 minutes before landing at Heathrow Airport, London.

British Airways flight 2167 from Gatwick to Tampa, Florida, on Saturday February 5 when the captain took a decision to divert it to Bermuda when passengers in business said a phone was smoking

Well, I thought I would spend Sunday telling you how Lewis Hamilton had won the Bahrain Grand Prix. And then on to a gin and tonic the size of an Olympic swimming pool with a few pals.

Frontline healthcare worker Cheryl Baxter, who is stuck in Cambodia, issued a heartbreaking video message today saying she was 'near meltdown' and begged the Prime Minister for help.

British man Daniel Lawrence, 40, from the UK is trapped in Texas after flights home to the UK have been grounded because of the coronavirus. He has four children waiting for him.

The animals were cared for by highly-trained staff and animal handlers while on board the British Airways 747 cargo flight from Larnaca to London Heathrow.

Although Lorenzo Lotto lived in Italy in the 16th century, and was surrounded by a culture of many great painters, his work stands out for its thought, originality and intelligent observation.

WILL KELLEHER: Four Flags adorn the top of Lewis Ludlam's Twitter profile. Those of Guyana, Palestine, Egypt and England represent the heritage of this surprise World Cup package.

Colin Finnie's empty yacht Simba was reportedly found crashed on a reef weeks after the 67-year-old picked it up in Australia.

Britain's oldest poppy seller Walter Randall has died at the age of 104 after spending nearly 55 years selling poppies for the Royal British Legion. He was known as Wally in Leighton Buzzard.

ALEXANDRA SCHULMAN: Nothing makes people appreciate spending than watching the real thing disappear from the wallet and it teaches our children the value of money.

ALEXANDRA SHULMAN: Few of my friends had small babies, the house seemed stiflingly silent (bar my son's crying) and both the days and the nights felt endless.

AMANDA PLATELL: Freddie Bentley, 22, a reality TV star, is seemingly 'gobsmacked' that we should rake over our past, saying schools should no longer teach pupils about World War II.

Katharine McPhee revealed there was even more to her showstopping wedding gown than met the eye, during the 35-year-old's interview with Vogue.

On Wednesday, the Grammy-nominated artist Jordin Sparks, now 29, showed up in New York City on her way into the Build Talk Series at AOL to discuss National Waterpark Day.

The trio will be returning to their roles as judges for the upcoming third season, the executives announced in a statement on Monday. Bobby Bones will also be returning as in-house mentor.

She's been a married woman for over two months. But Katharine McPhee showed she's still not opposed to a flirty look when she knotted a graphic tee to reveal her toned midriff on an errand

Paula Abdul cut an elegant figure on Saturday as she appeared at the star-studded 2019 Baby2Baby Gala in Culver City, Calif. 

Twelve years on it appears as if the Virginia singer's dreams of making it big are all but over, after 32-year-old, back in August, pleaded guilty to possessing and distributing fentanyl.

Kelly Clarkson and Pink are kissing certain beauty standards goodbye. The American Idol alum and the So What singer exchanged a few tweets on Twitter on Sunday about aging.

She's the eight-year-old singer who was featured on American Idol, Good Morning America and many other shows after going viral on YouTube.

Despite his own massively successful career in the entertainment industry, Lionel Richie never wanted to sugarcoat just how difficult breaking into the spotlight can be for his 21-year-old daughter Sofia.

The diva - who is worth an estimated $330million - was clearly kidding. Her real reasons were more practical, insisting: 'They have a lot of work to do, you know, while I'm out getting married again.'

The 26-year-old lounge pianist wowed the American Idol judges Sunday with his cover of Lovesong by The Cure, then asked if he could bring his girlfriend into the room.

The 35-year-old singer previously dismissed the idea of having Lionel and Luke present at her upcoming wedding to fiancé Orlando Bloom because she joked they would be too expensive.

The 35-year-old pop star revealed the unusual cocktail she drinks to stay healthy while judging contestants on American Idol's Hollywood Week on Monday.

Kelly Clarkson is taking on the world with her new song -- quite literally. The original American Idol champ and Grammy winner, 37, dropped her new song I Dare You on Thursday.

In court papers filed in California court on Tuesday, WhatsApp - which is owned by Facebook - said NSO, the Israeli firm, used its messaging service to spy on targets in May 2019.

He is supporting the film based on Shia LaBeouf's life. And Jake Gyllenhaal, 38, hosted a New York screening of Shia's new movie, Honey Boy. He was joined by Israeli director Alma Har'el, 43.

ALISON BOSHOFF: Tamara believes the £50 million raid on her home in Kensington Palace Gardens on Friday night in which she lost 'almost every piece' of jewellery was an inside job.

In October, WhatsApp told 1,400 users - including a terror suspect that authorities in a Western European country were tracking - that their phones had been hacked into by spyware.

Yona Golub (pictured) claimed the 19-year-old student, who insists she was held down and raped in Ayia Napa, had turned his life into a nightmare.

Manufacturers of the Israeli-made Drone Dome C-UAS hailed the system a '100 per cent success' after it brought down drones that were zig-zagging sharply during tests.

According to the Bible, the Jewish people were prohibited from worshipping outside of Solomon's Temple in Jerusalem - and the other 'high places' of worship were destroyed.

Sixties sci-fi series The Twilight Zone, is set to return to screens rebooted for Syfy. Jordan Peele who co-created and narrates the new ten-part remake, explains the series is more about intrigue than horror.

Meghan, 38, donned a wide brim hat with a leather ribbon, which she teamed with a black £1,545 belted wool coat for her outing to The Cenotaph on Remembrance Sunday.

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: She led an extraordinary life, marrying two earls and a count - and, along the way, became stepmother to Diana, Princess of Wales.

Princess Diana described how a young William and Harry were 'thrilled that Christmas was on the horizon' and went on to tell how the young princes had searched the Palace 'high and low' for their presents.

Darren McGrady, a former chef to the Queen who later worked for Princess Diana, said that the Army was enlisted to help transport the food and supplies to the Queen's Norfolk estate.