Gerard Pique's Reaction To Roger Federer's Wimbledon Win Is Causing Lots Of Arguments

Roger Federer, the greatest tennis player of our generation, won his eighth Wimbledon title this afternoon after a 6-3 6-1 6-4 victory over Croatia's Marin Cilic.

Following victories in 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009 and 2012, the Swiss third seed showed his class both on and off the court, sending this message to the emotional Croatian shortly after victory:

After his win, Federer went onto say: "Congratulations on a wonderful tournament, Marin, you should be really proud as it is a special occasion to play in the final. Be proud of yourself and I hope down the road we can play some better ones."

A true gentlemen of the game.

Barcelona defender Gerard Pique went onto label Roger as one of the 'best sportsmen he has ever seen'.

As well as Federer, the Spaniard named teammate Lionel Messi and Basketball legend Michael Jordan as the ultimate GOAT's:

As you imagine, this caused plenty of debate on social media. What about Cristiano Ronaldo? Michael Schumacher? Tiger Woods?

Here's how people reacted to the tweet:

And how could we forget..

Thoughts on Gerard Pique's comment? Who are the three greatest sportsmen of all time?

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Jack Kenmare

Jack Kenmare is a writer at SPORTbible. He's interviewed some of the biggest names in sport, including Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Pele, Carles Puyol and Tim Henman. He dabbles in all things sport but football is his biggest passion. He was once hit in the head by a wayward strike from Nicky Butt and lived to tell the tale.

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