Rio: Bale Not my level of Messi and CR7

Tottenham Hotspur winger Gareth Bale.

MANCHESTER, KOMPAS.com — Defender Manchester United (MU), Rio Ferdinand, assess the opinions of people who equate Gareth Bale with Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo (CR7) is redundant. According to him, that opinion comes from people who do not know football.

Gareth Bale is on the rise. Tottenham Hotspur players from Wales continues to demonstrate its productivity in scoring, although his position is a winger. Finally, he scored when his team beat West Ham United 3-2, Monday (02/25/2013).

Because of his prowess, are emerging opinions that equate Bale with Messi and Ronaldo. Bale is also on the list of Premier League Player of the nominee.

I'm Through his Twitter, Ferdinand wrote, "People who called Bale has the same breath with @ Cristiano and Messi really do not know football. Bale is only one of the two best players PL (Premier League) ...."

"He (Bale) has not been at the level of CR7 or Messi. He continues to do what he has done in 2 or 3 years, then this can be debated," he wrote again.

Ferdinand continued, "Bale had shown me two clean heel this year. Then, I was in a position to judge! CR7 and Messi have been on another planet for the past 4-5 years."