Roma legend Francesco Totti has given his tips for this year's FIFA World Footballer of the Year award - saying the three finalists are all out of this world.

Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Neymar are the three contenders for the FIFA prize - now separate from France Football's Ballon d'Or - and Totti admits he is a huge admirer of all of them.

“First of all, we are talking about three footballing aliens,” Totti explained to FIFA.com. “I must say that we always respected each other on and off the field.

"But I think that, in the end, Ronaldo is ahead of the others. He had an amazing season and also accomplished all of his goals with the most prestigious of teams.”