Barcelona fans have snubbed their highest goals scorer Lionel Messi in favour of countryman Diego Maradona as the club's greatest player of all-time.
The Catalans supporters were said to have voted for the 59-year-old who spent just two seasons at the Camp Nou ahead of the six-time Ballon d'Or winner.
According to the poll conducted by Ranker and was published by the Sun, Messi came in as the second best after the one-time World Cup winner.
Maradona was clearly the fans' choice while Ronaldinho, Johan Cruyff, and Andres Iniesta completing the top five best for the club.
The Spaniard remains the most decorated Spanish footballer ever with 35 major titles with both club and country.
While Cruyff's philosophy still lingers on at the club several years after leaving them to pursue other goals.
Neymar is the most expensive player in the world at the moment and the four years he spent at the Catalan club produced memorable moments.
He was inspirational for Barca especially in their dramatic comeback against Paris Saint Germain in the Champions League a few years back.
1. Diego Maradona
2. Lionel Messi
3. Ronaldinho
4. Johan Cruyff
Andres
5. Iniesta Xavi
6. Carles Puyol
7. Ronaldo
8. Gerard Pique
9. Luis Suarez
10. Neymar
11. Dani Alves
12. Sergio Busquets
13. Samuel Eto'o
14. Rivaldo
15. David Villa
16. Ronald Koeman
17. Romario
18. Hristo Stoichkov
19. Victor Valdes
Cameroon legend Samuel Eto'o produced memorable moments during his five year reign at Barcelona - winning two Champions League, three La Ligas and a few other titles.
But the striker could also make 14th position on the chart of the best ever stars who have featured for the Catalan club.
Former captain and midfielder Xavi Hernandes who has been tipped to become the club's next coach also missed out on the top five best players.
Meanwhile, several big names were forced to settle on a place outside of the top ten while Victor Valdes was voted 20th.
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