Guti: "We're going to see an amazing Bale"

Guti stepped into the ring for an important advertising campaign. Inside the ring, as on the pitch, the former Real Madrid man does not need to get physical to send someone to the canvas.

"If they have to give the Ballon d'Or to the best, Cristiano Ronaldo is a step above the rest. Not just one step, or two, or even three, and not just above Messi, but above Ribéry too," said Guti on the most talked about discussion in football.

When asked who he would not climb into a boxing ring with, Guti replied jokingly: "That's obvious, isn’t it? With Mou, no way Jose, because he'd knock me out and kill me."

"I’ve been very surprised by Bale. He arrived with a series of injuries, but he's showing what he can do. Real Madrid paid €100m for him, but would have even paid €150m if that had been the asking price. He's amazing and is going to come on in leaps and bounds. He's struck up a great partnership with the other two players up front and we're going to see an outstanding Bale."

There was also surprising praise for Guardiola: "He's unreal. What he's done with the language and how he's adapted to the culture at Bayern. Of course Bayern is still up there because it has an outstanding team. It's going to be one of the greatest teams in Europe for many years to come and Barça and Real are going to struggle to beat them."