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Piers Morgan has revealed what Cristiano Ronaldo texted him after being asked what he believes makes him the greatest of all-time.

The Manchester United superstar scored a hat-trick in a vintage display against Tottenham Hotspur at Old Trafford on Saturday to stake another claim to be dubbed the best footballer to have ever played the game.

"Today, I texted him to ask him to sum up in one word why he's the GOAT," Morgan wrote in his column for The Sun. "'I need three words,' he replied. 'More than special one, I'm 'The Only One.'

"Then he sent two laughing emojis. I could almost hear him chuckling – and winking - out of my phone. But he's right."

Ronaldo's eternal rivalry with Lionel Messi will always be at the centre of any debate over who is the greatest of all-time, as the 37-year-old added yet another illustrious record to his mind-boggling collection in the victory over Spurs.

According to FIFA, Ronaldo is now the top goalscorer in the history of football, having bagged his 805 th , 806 th and 807 th career strikes in his emphatic hat-trick, taking him past Czech icon Josef Bican.

The debates will rage on for years to come but his Red Devils teammates know their answer, as Paul Pogba labelled him "the best striker in history" on a weekend in which the Paris Saint-Germain ace Messi was booed by his own supporters.

"Ronaldo was brilliant," Pogba told Sky Sports. "I think that's all we needed