There’s no doubting his ability but I wouldn’t put him up there with Messi and Ronaldo, and I wouldn’t even put him on the Suarez, Neymar, or the Bale level, to be honest,” Ferdinand told BT Sport.
“In this competition, when he’s been called upon, he’s been needed in the knockout stages, I don’t think he’s really stepped up to the plate and be that man, and I think you need to do that.”