Piers Morgan Cross out Messi from the Big 3 Greatest Footballers of All Time: The best is Cristiano Ronaldo

JAKARTA - Piers Morgan is back in the headlines when ranking the world's greatest footballers. It seems he deliberately made a scene by not including Lionel Messi's name.

Former Barcelona player Gary Lineker asked Morgan if there was still debate about whether Lionel Messi is the greatest player of all time.

Morgan's response was curt, stating he still believes Cristiano is the greatest of all time.

"Nothing... The best is Cristiano Ronaldo", commented Morgan as quoted by Marca, Thursday.

Jeff Stelling, Soccer Saturday presenter, then asked Morgan who he thought was better Ronaldo or Messi to which Morgan once again answered controversially.

"I think Cristiano Ronaldo is the best of all time, Diego Armando Maradona second, and Leo Messi third, maybe fourth actually, behind Ronaldo Nazario", Morgan said.

The British journalist once commented that Messi is better than Ronaldo, a fact that was pointed out by writer Dan Walker, even though that statement was made more than a decade ago.

"Leo Messi is the best player of all time and Cristiano Ronaldo is second. The debate is redundant. I have spoken", Morgan tweeted.

However, Morgan did not shy away from saying it was his choice more than a decade ago.

"That was 11 years ago buddy when some people still hear about you!", Morgan replied.

Despite Ronaldo's best belief, Morgan congratulated Messi and Argentina after their win over Croatia to reach the World Cup final.

"Congratulations to Argentina and Lionel Messi for reaching the World Cup final. Never doubt them." wrote Morgan.