http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballon_d'Or_2004 (he's joint 28th with Maldini)
These were the players that Vicente was compared with at the time. As he only got one vote here I'll compare him with those in the shortlist that didnt get one.
Vieira
Ronaldo
Scholes
Nesta
Pirlo
Totti
Seedorf
He was...
I'm going to have to disagree.
Joe Cole was never one of the top 20 players in World Football. He was possibly one of the top 50 in the Premiership for a couple of seasons, at a push. He's very skillful but his brain isn't all there and he doesn't have the pace.
If we're still in the...