Lionel Messi has previously admitted he’d like to call Cristiano Ronaldo a team-mate, but as the 37-year-old former Manchester United star heads to Saudi Arabia, that day isn’t likely to come any time soon.
The duo have pitted their wits against one another for the best part of two decades and created one of sport’s greatest rivalries in the process. With 12 Ballons d’Or’ between them, Messi and Ronaldo are widely regarded as two of the best players of all time.
With that in mind, it has long been a dream of many to see the pair line up on the same side at club level – and it would appear Messi is no different. In 2015, while the two of them were dominating La Liga – Messi at Barcelona and Ronaldo at Real Madrid – the recently-crowned world champion conceded he’d like to play on the same team as his rival.
