Lol at including Baresi during R9 and zidanes time he was clearly during Maradona's time.
Beckenbauer was before Maradona too he finished his career in the early 80s maradona made his career mid 80s.
Tbh 2000-2010 you still had Terry, Ferdinand, Vidic, Carvalho, Cole, Hyppia, Carragher, Evra in the premier league alone. Lucio was there at his best between 2000-2010 as well, as was Puyol, Pique(in late 2000s). C Ronaldo just went to Real and started going ham while a large majority of these players were there.
Matter of fact is that Ronaldo peaked during his Barca and Inter days and while he did ok at Madrid failed to hit the heights of his previous two clubs. It happens to many players so it's not a stick to beat him with.