The one player, in addition to Lionel Messi, that Cristiano Ronaldo considers to be the greatest of all time is described by Ronaldo.
During the past two decades, Ronaldo and Messi have been the most dominant players in the sport of football. Together, they have won a total of thirteen Ballon dOr awards, with Messi winning eight and Ronaldo winning five.
Ronaldo once mentioned a third player who he believes is on par with them as the greatest player of all time, despite the fact that they are widely considered to be among the best players in the history of the game.
A bombshell interview that Ronaldo gave to Piers Morgan on TalkTV in November 2022 caused him to make headlines for his criticism of Erik ten Hag, who was the manager of Manchester United at the time, as well as The Glazers, who were the majority owners of the club, and Gary Neville and Wayne Rooney, who were once teammates of Ronaldo.
On the other hand, the comments that the Portugal international made about Messi, a long-time rival, and the greatest players in the history of the game had a significant impact.
Ronaldo, the star player for Portugal, responded to Morgan’s question about the best player he had ever seen, excluding himself, by saying, “Messi, yes.”
It is likely that he and Zinedine Zidane are the individuals with whom I have competed and fought as well.
By guiding France to victory at the World Cup and the European Championship in 1998 and 2000, Zidane has established himself as a modern-day legend. Additionally, he was the manager of Ronaldo at Real Madrid, with whom he won three Champions Leagues in a row.
Regarding Messi, Ronaldo insisted that there was no hostility between the two of them and compared their relationship to that of a teammate.
“Amazing player, he is magic,” he said describing him. Imagine for a moment that we are both 16 years old. You and I are on the same stage. We are alike.
I am very happy with the way things are going between us. I am not a friend of his in the sense that I mean what I mean when I say that a friend is the person who was with you in your house while you were talking on the phone. However, it is similar to having a teammate.
Regarding the manner in which he consistently speaks about me, he is a guy that I really respect. Every single one of them, including his wife, my wife, and my girlfriend, always respects me, and they are from Argentina.
It is Argentina that my girlfriend hails from. It’s so wonderful. Is there anything else I need to say about Messi? An amazing individual who is doing wonderful things for football.
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