Leo Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo will always be compared in many aspects, both for his talent and for his decisions. Two years ago, the Madeira man made the decision to leave Real Madrid to face new challenges at Juventus in Turin, where he has already played two seasons at the highest competitive level although he has not raised his ‘orejona’ again.
And is that the Portuguese, who already has five Champions League in his record, announced that he would leave Real Madrid just after winning the last European title with the merengue team. That is the main difference if we compare your case with that of Leo messi, who today is seriously considering his continuity at FC Barcelona for the next 2020-21 season.
If the ’10’ packs his bags this summer, he will leave the opposite way to that of ‘CR7’: at the lowest and saddest moment of his career, after having starred with his teammates in the greatest humiliation in the club’s history . Cristiano Ronaldo left Madrid at the top, but Leo Messi would leave behind a Barça mired in a sporting crisis worse than that of 2008, the one that buried Rijkaard and took Guardiola to the bench.
The environment of Leo Messi and ‘CR7’, in addition, is also different. The Portuguese star always had the feeling that he gave more to Madrid than the love he received. He came to hear whistles from the Santiago Bernabéu at specific moments, something that has never happened with Messi. The Argentine has always been idolized by the fans culé, and despite having been damaged by the debacle in Lisbon they have not identified him as one of the main culprits.
On the other hand, if we talk about the influence that each one has had on their respective club, it can be said that Barcelona has orbited fully around Messi for many years. Players have been signed with the aim of having synergy with the Rosario on the attack front, which could fit in with him as a cornerstone that continues to be of the Barça project.
In Madrid, on the other hand, Cristiano Ronaldo He was always the big star, but he never considered making the team thinking only that the Portuguese felt comfortable. Great players accompanied him, but without the need for them to be the ideal ones to get along with him footballingly.
Messi and Cristiano, reasonable similarities
In what both cases could resemble, if it ends up happening in a few days, it is in an agreed exit. Messi has a clause of 700 million euros with FC Barcelona, and there will be no club willing to pay such an amount for it. If the Argentine finally decides to leave and there is no going back, he will have to agree with Bartomeu a price that could slightly exceed 100 million euros, a figure similar to what Juventus paid for ‘CR7’.
Finally, what nobody disputes is that, with his years at Real Madrid and FC Barcelona, Cristiano Ronaldo and Leo Messi have become the most brilliant legends in the history of both clubs. The Portuguese left Madrid with a goal record (451 goals in 438 games) and four Champions League. The Argentine is already on the 634 goals with Barcelona, has won 10 Leagues and has four of the five European Cups of the entity. Almost nothing.
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