Miccoli: O’Neill Better Than Del Piero
Palermo forward Fabrizio Miccoli has labelled former Uruguayan midfielder Fabian O’Neill as the best player he has ever played with.
At former teams Juventus, Fiorentina and Benfica, Miccoli has played with some of the best players in the world, including the likes of Alessandro Del Piero, Gianluigi Buffon and Manuel Rui Costa.
In an interview with the Corriere dello Sport, Miccoli was asked who the best player he had ever played with was, and he had a surprising answer.
"I have played with Del Piero, Rui Costa and Buffon, but the strongest of them all remains Fabian O'Neill," he stated.
O’Neill began his career at Nacional before moving to Serie A with Cagliari in 1995. He impressed with the Sardinians, and in 2000 earned his big move to Juventus.
However he struggled badly with the Bianconeri in the face of tough competition from the likes of Zinedine Zidane and Edgar Davids, and was sold on to Perugia just over a year later.
There he played with Miccoli during the pint-sized forward’s breakout season in the Italian top-flight.
After another spell at Cagliari, O’Neill moved back to Nacional before apparently retiring from the game.
Anthony Sormani
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Yes Fabrizio i'm sure everyone agrees with u