Cristiano Ronaldo opens up on true feelings towards his rival Lionel Messi with priceless words
On Friday, Ronaldo opened up about his longtime rivalry with Messi and his true feelings towards the Argentina as a player and person.
Arguably the biggest debate in this era of football has been between Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi to decide who is the best football player. It all started at the start of this century, when Messi made his debut for Barcelona and Ronaldo made his debut for Manchester United, and the buzz has peaked since 2009, when the Portuguese moved to Spain to join Real Madrid. Both created many records and set new milestones in world football and won trophies at individual and team level. On Friday, Ronaldo opened up about his longtime rivalry with Messi and his true feelings towards the Argentine as a player and person.
Ronaldo made headlines earlier this week after a scathing interview with Piers Morgan on TalkTV, where he was heavily critical of his current club Manchester United and current manager Erik ten Haag. He also hit back at his former teammates Gary Neville and Wayne Rooney for criticizing him.
However, in the interview, Ronaldo also spoke about other topics in his career, including his rivalry with Messi. The Portuguese revealed that he has a lot of respect for the PSG star.
Ronaldo said: “Incredible player, he is magic, top.” Individually, we shared the stage for 16 years, imagine, 16 years we shared. I mean, man is that guy who was with you at your house, talking on the phone, no, but he’s like a teammate. He’s a guy I respect a lot for the way he always talks about me. Even his wife or my girlfriend always respect each other and they are from Argentina. My girlfriend is Argentinian. Very good. What am I going to say about Messi? A great man who does great things for football.
Asked if he’s the best player he’s ever seen in his career, Ronaldo replied: “Probably the best player I’ve ever seen (except me). Probably Zidane. Who I play and fight with.” , Yea.”
Ronaldo’s future at Manchester United remains uncertain, while Messi is in the final year of his PSG career. Much has been said about his future, one of which relates to his link with Inter Miami in the MLS.
Reacting to the prospect of the two being part of the same team, Ronaldo joked that “they would sell a lot of shirts”.
