Jamie Carragher Responds To Viral 'Past Vs Present' Football Twitter Thread, ALL 72 Of His Answers Revealed

A Twitter user posted the huge thread that pitted current football stars, both managers and players, against legends of the past.

Among the debates in the thread include Cristiano Ronaldo vs Brazil legend Ronaldo and Lionel Messi vs Argentina icon Diego Maradona.

Carragher didn’t pass up the opportunity to engage with the viral thread and put forward some of his controversial picks, which will no doubt raise fans’ eyebrows.

The Sky Sports pundit opted for Tottenham star Kane over Manchester United legend Van Nistelrooy, who is widely regarded as one of the best strikers of all time.

Kane, 28, has become an instrumental part of Tottenham’s team and scored an impressive 233 times in 363 appearances for the club.

Van Nistelrooy, 45, was a lethal finisher in his remarkable playing career and scored a whopping 150 times in 219 appearances for the Red Devils.

Kane hasn’t lifted a single major club honour in his career, while Van Nistelrooy captured two La Liga titles, a Premier League title, an FA Cup and a League Cup.

One of the more controversial takes from Carragher was his choice of Manchester City manager Guardiola over United icon Ferguson.

Guardiola’s incredible silverware success with City, Barcelona and Bayern Munich has ensured his place as one of the best managers in history.

Ferguson’s legacy speaks for itself and the 80-year-old legendary Scot achieved unprecedented success during his 26-year reign at United.

Posted below are all 72 answers from Carragher in the viral past vs present football debate.

Lionel Messi vs Diego Maradona: Messi

Cristiano Ronaldo vs Ronaldo: Cristiano

Raul vs Zlatan Ibrahimovic: Raul

Luis Suarez vs Sergio Aguero: Suarez

Neymar vs Ronaldinho: Ronaldinho

Eden Hazard vs Thierry Henry: Henry

Mohamed Salah vs Rivaldo: Salah

Karim Benzema vs Samuel Eto’o: Benzema

Robert Lewandowski vs Kaka: Kaka

Thomas Muller vs Francesco Totti: Muller

Harry Kane vs Ruud van Nistelrooy: Kane

Son Heung-min vs Park Ji-sung: Son

Sadio Mane vs Ryan Giggs: Mane

Diego Costa vs Didier Drogba: Drogba

Romelu Lukaku vs Andriy Shevchenko: Shevchenko

Gonzalo Higuain vs Filippo Inzaghi: Inzaghi

Kylian Mbappe vs Wayne Rooney: Mbappe

Erling Haaland vs Michael Owen: Haaland

Sergio Busquets vs Bastian Schweinsteiger: Busquets

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang vs Miroslav Klose: Klose

Pavel Nedved vs Thiago: Nedved

Jordan Henderson vs Dennis Bergkamp: Bergkamp

Kevin De Bruyne vs Xabi Alonso: De Bruyne

Paul Scholes vs Cesc Fabregas: Scholes

Fernandinho vs Claude Makelele: Fernandinho

David Silva vs David Beckham: Silva

Jorginho vs Javier Mascherano: Mascherano

N’Golo Kante vs Yaya Toure: Toure

Bruno Fernandes vs Frank Lampard: Lampard

Arturo Vidal vs Gennaro Gattuso: Gattuso

Paul Pogba vs Michael Essien: Essien

Joshua Kimmich vs Michael Ballack: Ballack

Gianfranco Zola vs Marco Reus: Reus

Guti vs Marco Verratti: Verratti

Toni Kroos vs Andrea Pirlo: Pirlo

Casemiro vs Steven Gerrard: Gerrard

Luka Modric vs Xavi: Xavi

Andres Iniesta vs Zinedine Zidane: Zidane

Franck Ribery vs Luis Figo: Figo

Giorgio Chiellini vs Alessandro Nesta: Chiellini

Marcelo vs Roberto Carlos: Carlos

Dani Alves vs Cafu: Alves

Leonardo Bonucci vs Fabio Cannavaro: Cannavaro

Nemanja Vidic vs Virgil van Dijk: Van Dijk

Thiago Silva vs John Terry: Terry

Gianluigi Buffon vs Edwin van der Sar: Buffon

Manuel Neuer vs Iker Casillas: Neuer

Jan Oblak vs Petr Cech: Oblak

Sergio Ramos vs Paolo Maldini: Maldini

Oliver Kahn vs Alisson: Kahn

Marquinhos vs Ricardo Carvalho: Carvalho

Arjen Robben vs Angel Di Maria: Robben

Jay-Jay Okocha vs Isco: Okocha

Marcus Rashford vs Theo Walcott: Rashford

Edinson Cavani vs Fernando Torres: Torres

Paulo Dybala vs Nwankwo Kanu: Kanu

Cesar Azpilicueta vs Branislav Ivanovic: Azpilicueta

Gerard Pique vs Carles Puyol: Pique

Raphael Varane vs Rio Ferdinand: Ferdinand

David Alaba vs Ashley Cole: Cole

Jordi Alba vs Javier Zanetti: Zanetti

Pepe vs Vincent Kompany: Kompany

Fabinho vs Patrick Vieira: Vieira

Trent Alexander-Arnold vs Philipp Lahm: Lahm

David Villa vs Juan Roman Riquelme: Villa

Pep Guardiola vs Sir Alex Ferguson: Guardiola 

Jose Mourinho vs Arrigo Sacchi: Sacchi

Massimiliano Allegri vs Arsene Wenger: Wenger

Roberto Mancini vs Fabio Capello: Capello

Jurgen Klopp vs Zinedine Zidane: Klopp

Carlo Ancelotti vs Vicente del Bosque: Ancelotti

Didier Deschamps vs Joachim Low: Deschamps