IFK Gothenburg star midfielder Alhassan Yusuf, who is better known as ‘Hasse’ in Sweden, has some interesting answers in this quick-fire interview by Fotballtransfers –

Who is the Swedish Allsvenskan’s best player?
Anders Christiansen. He is a fantastic midfielder and has everything a midfielder should have.
Pasta or pizza?
Pizza.
Messi or Ronaldo?
Messi
And as a Nigerian – Kanu or Okocha?
Okocha. He is stylish.

If you can be a person for a day – who are you?
Maybe Okocha…
Al Pacino or Robert De Niro?
Al Pacino.
Your match ritual?
I pray before every match.
Coffee or tea?
Tea.
Would you rather have a look into the future or change the past?
See into the future. The past has been fantastic.
Name a player you wouldn’t want to meet in a dark alley?
Gennaro Gattuso.
Which player from another Swedish club would you like to have?
Maybe Anders Christiansen…

Yusuf then picks out the five players who, in his eyes, are the best of all time.
Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Zidane, Ronaldinho and… Neymar.
Pele? Maradona?
I don’t know much about them since I didn’t see them play.












