Bertrand Latour does not have his tongue in his pocket. Renowned for his outspokenness, the journalist who has been working on Canal + since this season spoke about his vision of football in the Aliotalk podcast.
The opportunity for the Canal Football Club columnist to play the game of rankings on the great players of world football. And once again, Latour did not seek unanimity, readily recognizing that his choice would make noise on the web.
Called to reveal the names of the three players who thrill him the most, Bertrand Latour was blunt: “ Lionel Messi, Neymar and… I hesitate between 2 French people, Karim Benzema or Kylian Mbappé but in 3rd I put Karim Benzema ».
Latour not a fan of Ronaldo
Stating that KB9 is “ everything (he) loves about football“, Bertrand Latour was inevitably called upon to rebound on Cristiano Ronaldo, whom he overshadowed in his top 3. And the former troublemaker of L'Equipe du Soir did not hide that the profile of CR7 did not give him ” no emotion“.
Insisting on the side “ machine » of the Portuguese goleador, Bertrand Latour has not forgotten “ the player he was during his years in Manchester or the first seasons in Madrid“, but he is not convinced by the technical evolution of the star. “ Stats and titles count, but you need something else“. It's said.
