I played with Gareth Bale and Luka Modric but Ronaldinho was the best

At Spurs, he shared a dressing room with Gareth Bale and Luka Modric - two players who later became Real Madrid legends.

Goalkeeper Gomes was even signed alongside Modric at Spurs, as well as Giovani Dos Santos, while Bale joined a year before.

In total, the goalkeeper played with the two in north London for four years before Modric left for Real Madrid, with Bale leaving a year later for a world-record £85million fee.

But the Brazil squad is boundless when it comes to talent and in his seven years with the Selecao from 2003 to 2010, he met some true football icons.

When talkSPORT asked who was the best player he has worked with, Gomes was diplomatic despite having played with Bale and Modric at Tottenham and went for his international pal Ronaldinho.

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He said: "I am unfair if I say just one.

"But to not be unfair with the others that I played with at club level I am going to say at international level - Ronaldinho.

"Not a bad player, not a bad player!"

Gomes saw up close how good Ronaldinho truly was as he was part of Brazil's Confederation Cup-winning squad of 2005 which the Barcelona icon lit up.

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Only Adriano scored more goals for Brazil at the tournament with Ronaldinho also scoring in the final, alongside a dazzling performance utilising his twinkle-toes.

While he spent just five years at Barcelona, his super skills and electric displays saw him catapult to success as he scooped the Ballon d'Or in 2005.

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The Samba superstar's dancing feet have made him a fan's favourite across the world - with his fellow players also recognising his brilliance.

The lists of elite superstars falling over themselves to praise the Brazilian go on for miles, such as Lionel Messi who said: "In the first year, he didn't win anything, but people fell in love with him.

"Then the trophies started coming and he made all those people happy. Barca should always be grateful for everything he did."

Diego Maradona was another, who said: "He is one of the greatest players I have ever seen."

And after his legendary goal against Chelsea in the Champions League from a standing position in 2005, Frank Lampard said: "I'd never seen a player like that.

"It was my early knockings in the Champions League and seeing him play was like, 'Wow, this player is from a different planet to the rest of us.'"

It might then be no surprise to see Gomes pick him over Bale and Modric, who have won shedloads of trophies at Real Madrid with 38 between them from their time at the Bernabeu.

Modric also picked up the Ballon d'Or in 2018 and is renowned as one of the best midfielders of all time, taking underdogs Croatia to the World Cup final that year in Russia.

Meanwhile, Bale's legendary goal at the 2018 Champions League final will live on in the memory forever and his international exploits cannot be understated either, helping Wales to their first World Cup in 64 years at the 2022 competition.

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Bale, 34, retired from playing football after the Qatar World Cup, spending the final years of his club career in sunny LA.

Modric, meanwhile, is still at Real where he is bringing through the next generation of midfielders like Jude Bellingham.