Three reason 1.His just bias 2.Sergio Ramos made salah cry 3. Check N1😐😐😐

BECAUSE Ramos hurt Salah and thus hindering Liverpool’s chances of winning the Champions League that year. Hes still hurt 😂.

Ramos better than any defender in Liverpool's history

But Apparently he thinks Trent is the best RB in the world even if he didn’t know how to defend 🤷🏼‍♂️

Ramos is at the end of hes career and is compared to vvd in hes prime. LEVELS

I'll tell you why. UCL final. Ramos and Salah. Liverpool Runners Up. There. That's LITERALLY the reason for him to despise him

If ramos wasn't world class real madrid would have replaced him ages ago. They have unlimited money and ambition to win everything

Vvd isnt even worthy enough to clean Ramos' boots. Put some respect on ramos' name.

The same guy who would say taa is world class but cant defend

Next Time Stevie: Ronaldo is a center back

This reminds me of when Stevie said that Robertson and TAA should be part of the EPL team of the decade. Just because you like or don’t like someone doesn’t mean you are right.

4 champions league wins, a world cup and 2 euro's, its because he's still being a bitter nonce about that UCL final in 2018, like all Liverpool fans they look to blame everyone else but themselves for their failures.

I love how Dan purposely riles Steve up 😂😂😂😂 That's world class!

Ramos is better than Steve nicol ever was

My man thinks vvd is world class and ramos isn't if someone thinks that he's automatically wrong

He’s a Liverpool fan obviously he’s going to say that

maldini - "ramos is my heir". who cares what a former scouser and a former rent boy think.

The same Stevie who said TAA doesn't have to defend. Nice.

Well Someone's Salty

Also Stevie: A defender doesn't need to defend

If Stevie could Swap Gomez or Matip for Ramos, he would do it in a heartbeat....end of story

this guy is delusional, there's no saving him

Ramos is a world class player weather he like it or not since real Madrid Beat liverpool Steve hate Ramos

At this point I am thinking that Ramos either has personal issues with Stevie or Stevie is just envious of Ramos’ Achievement .

I think everyone needs to appreciate how they try to put Ramos down Everytime like he's a 2division defender..fact is he world class...n yes he did break salah in that final but if you cannot differentiate between your emotion and facts... your opinion is simply void like your team's title

Steve probably didn’t know who tf van dijk was 6 years ago🤦🏽‍♂️that’s a fact

I dont care what anyone says , Ramos is the most complete Centre Back you can ask for. Great defender , scores goals and even takes penalties? Ramos over Van Dijk for me , sorry.

He is world class and he is been for years. So according to stevie if any cb make a mistake is not world class. 10 year old boy can be a better pundit than him (Barca fan)

I want the same drugs as steve

Maldini-"sergio ramos is my heir to football" Steve nicole-"he is not world class"

Im actually tired of hearing all this BS from this biased pundits Im not sure Nicol has a league title or even played in a champions league quater final. But he sits down to criticize a world class defender who has won 4 Ucl titles Nicol u werent half the defender Ramos is wen u wer in ur prime . Shut ur mouth and put some respect on his name Coming from a Barca fan btw.

Ramos is a great defender but he's also a hot head

Has Steve Nicol ever even played a game? How is he a Liverpool legend after losing the title to Arsenal? 😅😅😅

Again . Steve displays his extreme bias Next he'll say sadiomane is the greatest player of all time

Ramos was compared with maldini, cannavaro, hiero, chiellini, puyol on his early career. Then he was compared with pique, rio, vidic, terry on the mid of his career then virgil van dijk, varane. He was compared with 3 different generations and yet you still dont consider him a world class defender. Just because he collected many red cards and yellow cards along his career that doesnt mean he cant defend. This is what we called “tactical foul” it is right for defender to commit it inspite strikers bcs it is their roll, to defend.

When Captain Segio Ramos broke moe salahs arms Every liverpool fan will never forgive him, his world class his trophies speaks for itself

When Madrid played Ramos and Pepe at the back.. Ramos was the soft player...

The host was going to ask him would u prefer his CV or yours? But he stopped, thinking itd be rude

I'm tired of watching bais liverpool pundits😤

Mate he’s miles better than you were 😂😂😂

Who agrees we all need to start a petition to get Steve Nicol off the show, week in week out his opinions are utter rubbish and I know everyone has their opinion, but he's a total biased nutcase

Ramos is that defender that you would love if he was on your team but absolutely hate if he was on the other team. The guy has won everything. Sergio Ramos is definitely world class.

Actually, defending is about defending. How you do it, as long as it's within the rules of the game, doesn't matter.

I completely agree. He’s definitely a warrior, but he’s not a composed defender, he makes a lot of careless defensive mistakes, but always contributes with his leadership and goalscoring

Who's Steve Nicol?

Salty Liverpool fan- Ramos is easilyyyyyyy a world class defender

Van Dijk has something that Ramos will never have ; Fairness. Van dijk can accept a decision without screaming and insulting the ref. Van dijk can make a challenge without injuring or badly hurting a player. Van dijk can score a goal without belittling the opposition. Van dijk can take a challenge without diving. Van dijk can play 90 mins without being sent off. Van dijk can play a whole season without dozens of yellow cards.

Once zidane said i always want sergio ramos in my team.ya i know he is rm manager but to b complimented by the best means a lot.And bcoz of his badass attitude real survived the scar against man city with 2-1 score otherwise it could be 3-1

When every top player of his era says he’s the toughest opponent they’ve faced u seem to be wrong again stevie

I cannot stand this man . He's not being honest . get over it real Madrid beat Liverpool. Stop being petty . If Ramos passes away today Steve will be the first to admit it Ramos was a world class.

I think Stevie is right. Ramos isn’t a “world class” player. He is a very good player. He is absolutely a starter for almost any team in the world. He is a future La Liga hall of fame member. But he is not world class.

Ramos is one of the best defenders to ever play the game

I'd say Ramos is best among current players, in terms of success, but he's way behind beckenbauer Maldini, Nesta, the most disciplined defenders

Because Stevie still lives in the land of dreams where he believes Liverpool would've had a chance in the 2018 UCL final had Ramos not injured Salah's shoulder.

I bet if ramos was playing for Liverpool and won all those trophies he’d say that ramos is the best defender of all time. This man is too bias

Not only is Ramos a great defender, he's scores some of the most important goals. Real Madrid wouldn't have won their 1st Champions league (out of the 4 recent ones) without him. That last minute header in the final was world class.

Ramos is actually really good. Even at this age, he's still arguably the best CB in the world. Unfortunately, red cards can't seem to avoid him but imagine ramos playing in the 80s or 90s

His tackle on Salah in the Final 2018 was WORLD CLASS!

They are acting like every part of defending is dependent on yourself. Forgetting many cards were unfair, forgetting that some cards would be the cover for your teammates, forgetting that his aggression is actually a great attribute for defenders especially when you want players to fear coming near you. Anyhow...it's your opinion and tbh I value those of the players more who call him what you won't.

2 months later Steve:Messi is a world class goalkeeper

ESPN like seriously how can u employee biased pundits they r supposed to be neutral

He isn't world class anymore, but he was in his prime.

Steve is right! Bullying/Violence should never be a defender's attribute.

Ramos is not world class He is a Legend

Remember Salah incident?

I thought I was going crazy thinking they spoke about this already. So they just re uploaded this lol.

Sergio Ramos be like no fuks given to insignificant peasant stevie nicol.😂

This popped in my recommendation, just commentating that this has not aged well. Also, the Salah incident is partially Salah's fault. Ramos started to pull his arm, Salah started to pull back, Ramos stopped pulling & Salah with weak strength/balance, feel badly. In fact, when Salah fell, he was trying to hold Ramo's arms. It's funny that the English complain about other leagues being so weak & falling for every little challenge but a little battle of strength(which was a foul because Ramos started) got them so offended. Most Liverpool fans hate Ramos because of that "cheating" but my man, Keane, Viera & many more would fould or do harsh challenges to intimidate or stop vital action/momentum from the other team. Blame Salah for being weak, blame Liverpool that were dominated in midfield by Casemiro, Kroos & Modric. Liverpool looked dead in that game after Salah went & I have seen few games where Liverpool looked dead/dull with even Salah on.

This helps explain why they keep referring to Pogba as "world class". It's because he has so few yellow and red cards this year. He's hardly played, mind you, but it's the number of cards that counts most!

Ramos has the most red cards az a defender shocking 😂😂😂

Ramos started out as a RB in RM (until Mourinho came in he played RB I believe), later became a world class CB. He isn't world class in Stevies eyes, but TAA is.... Then Craig goes on about Maldini, but Ramos, similar to Maldini has a lot of versatility.

For once Steve Nicol is right,Ramos isn't world-class at all

Day 67 of Quarantine: awaiting a good take from ESPN FC

How many times will ESPN recycle their contents?

262 yellow cards and 26 red cards is just crazy. Ramos is not okay he is a dirty player

Ramos is a bit rash, i would not argue about that but calling him anything less than one of the greatest defenders of all time is pure stupidity.

If Ramos played for Liverpool Steve would think Ramos was the GOAT

We need steve nicole out of this show. He’s biased

After three months of quarantine , Sergio Ramos shut his mouth with 6 goals in about 10 match and also break another record...

Look at everything Ramos has achieved. Maybe people should take notes. Maybe deffenders need to take some more risks, when they are deffending. Not being shy of doing the dirty work, or affraid of losing the match. Ramos is world class because he isn't scared. If a match is in his hands, he doesn't crumble under pressure, he ALWAYS steps up. If more deffenders were like Ramos, maybe they too would be as succesfull.

Liverpool has never had a defender like Sergio Ramos. If they had they would have won 6 champions league 12 years

I dare Steve to repeat that now.

Coming from a guy who says Trent Alexander alnord is world class, Knowing he can't defend. But saying Ramos can't defend. This guy is ridiculous

Ramos is a technical defender that learnt the dark arts of Pepe. The complete defender, the greatest champion in history alongside xavi and iniesta. World Cup, 2 euros to go with all the club success.

Stevie is right, Ramos isn’t world class He is a legend

He makes a valid point. He's not necessarily saying isn't great or influential to his team. He obviously is, but 269 yellow cards and 26 red cards really questions his abilities as a defender. Maldini once said that defending was about reading the game " if you have to make a desperate tackle then you have made a mistake" were his words. Those cards are a refection of just how many mistakes ramos has made as a defender.

Simple. Steve Nicol is biased. He is a LFC fan and is STILL salty about the 2018 UCL Final. Now this would be fine for any normal football fan, as we all have a bias towards our favourite teams, but he’s a pundit. You have to be professional, because the LFC bias is just WAY TOO obvious now.

Apart from liverpool fans nobody knows or loves Nicol And apart from liverpool fans every body loves ramos that's the difference I'm a barca fan

Sometimes I think that Steve guy has never watched football

If you don't consider Sergio Ramos world class, you have no business talking football, he may be past his best now but dude has played at the top level consistently for years and as a defender he has scored some big, big goals for Madrid in very big moments.

Stevie's point is valid, sometimes other factor like ego, arrogance is more important than play.

Steve Nicole is so biased. Ramos is one of the greatest defenders of all time. Van Dijk should not even be compared to Ramos. He has so many attributes to his game. He’s the perfect leader, a big game player, good on the ball and strong in the tackle. It’s embarrassing watching Steve’s weird and biased opinion.

He says a defender must be COOL and CALM BUT you have to take quick and immediate decisions while defending

I agree with Steve. Plus at the time, he was the 10th best of Spain's start eleven as he was playing at right back, which was their week points. He wasn't bad but not at the height of his powers

The man isn’t saying he’s not a good defender, he’s just not a world class defender, Making good hard tackles is a different thing but playing dirty doesn’t make you world class....Attackers aren’t even afraid because he’s a good defender, they just don’t want to get a broken leg or some type of injury when all he’s gonna get is a red card and maybe a few match bands

Ramos Saved his team Multiple times Single handedly in the dying minutes and yet he isn't world class ?

suppose a striker scored 500 goals but only in penalties. No one would call him a world-class striker. By this same logic, Ramos is not a world-class defender

Stevie cmon mate, don’t embarrass yourself. Ramos is not an ordinary defender, he is the definition of a defensive player. He leads the team from back and score goals whenever the team needs it. He is a legend. Forget about his cards and watch his games closely, how he intercept the passes from opposition higher up on the pitch, makes important tackels, dispossess the players who are faster than him and clean tackles, yes, I’m right clean tackles in the dbox to shut out scoring opportunities. He made a formidable partnership with pepe and now Varane. Yes, he is passionate and reckless at times but still his attributes overshadowed anything else.

Most modern-day forwards said Ramos was the toughest opponent they've faced but Nipples says otherwise

Maldini has said he's the most complete cb of this generation, but Stevie says otherwise.