He is awesome, truely a great!
I have to add Gerrard and Lampard to the mix though, both are as complete as one could hope for in a football player, Tackling, Determination, Passion, Passing, Skill and Finishing. IMHO Lampard is the most complete footballer out there at the moment, quickly followed by Gerrard, and they are the ones who in MHO deserve World Player of the Year and the Mantle of the Greatest Player at the moment, because they can do everything not because they have silky skills and nutmeg guys, but because WEEK IN WEEK OUT they are consumate professionals playing at the HIGHEST standard, with consumate ease.
Chris