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Answers to "who is the GOAT" that won't upset hardcore soccer fans are the exactly the following set: {Maradona, Pele, Cruyff}.

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Nah, Messi was already part of that set for many years, and today he added the only thing missing in his career. Messi is the sole GOAT.

Messi or Pelé, then the other, and only then maybe Maradona.

Only if you have very short memory x) he is part of the greats, but he is not the GOAT of the sport.

Ronaldo Luis Nazario de Lima

Health issues cutting his career short ensured he won't be in consideration for most people. That said, he truly was phenomenal. Absolutely one of the most amazing to ever play the game.

He would've been the GOAT had he stayed healthy. Consistency and longevity are very important in this debate.

Depends on the definition of GOAT. When he was at his peak, he played the best football ever played.

By the way, both Maradona and Messi when previously asked, have answered something along the lines that that he was the greatest.

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