Gattuso scoffs at Zidane honour
Zidane collected the prize on Monday and fended off competition from compatriot Thierry Henry and Real Madrid team-mate Ronaldo to be voted the globe's best.
But the tough-tackling Gattuso feels Zidane was not a worthy winner of the top award for his performances during 2003.
Gattuso feels the mercurial schemer was voted the winner purely on his undoubted talent, rather than his actual contribution to the Real side during the past 12 months.
"With all respect to Zidane, who is without doubt one of the best players in the world, if I look at his season I think to myself: 'So what?'" he bemoaned to Gazzetta dello Sport.
"If the prize is going to be handed out solely on the basis of talent, then Diego Maradona should have won it every single year he was playing."
Gattuso, himself, was nominated for the accolade by the coach of Turks and Caicos and the Milan man could not fathom the choice.
The former Rangers ace believes his own nomination for the Fifa award is an indication of the lack of lustre attached to the prize.
He added: "What do these coaches base their judgements on?
"I went there once on holiday with Christian Vieri. Maybe this guy saw me having a kick around on the beach and liked what he saw.
"But does it seem possible to you that I got one vote and (Francesco) Totti didn't get any?
"These prizes don't have credibility anymore. They have more to do with sponsors than real values and results on the pitch."
