Former Manchester United and Barcelona star Gerard Pique has given his verdict on the GOAT debate between Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.
The centre-half is without doubt one of the few gamers to share a pitch as teammates with Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, the 2 best gamers of the fashionable age.
The Spaniard was briefly teammates with the Portugal worldwide at Man United and loved a prolific spell with the seven-time Ballon d’Or winner at Barcelona.Â
Requested if the GOAT debate is over now after Messi outshone Cristiano Ronaldo by lifting the World Cup in Qatar, Pique advised the John Nellis’ YouTube channel: ‘Properly, it is true that the battle between them two within the final decade was fairly spectacular as a result of each of them did extremely effectively.
‘I feel that by way of expertise, Messi is primary, for certain. It is true that Cristiano has labored very exhausting to attempt to compete and battle for that first spot however if you happen to see the careers of each… I’d select Messi, for certain.
Defender Gerard Pique (R) loved a prolific spell with Lionel Messi at Barcelona
The Spaniard (R) was briefly team-mates with Cristiano Ronaldo at Manchester United
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‘He confirmed that despite the fact that he is 35 he can compete as the very best participant on this planet. He confirmed it within the World Cup.’
Claims of a rift between Messi and Pique over the Argentine’s PSG transfer was one other chapter of an unpleasant finish to his love story with Barcelona.
Influential journalists, together with the editor of main Barcelona soccer paper Sport, urged that whereas Messi had left some pals on the membership, different relationships have been damaged.
Lluis Mascaro, stated that Messi felt let down by Pique and believed that Pique had betrayed him by saying to Barcelona president Joan Laporta that it will be ‘okay if Messi left’.
Requested if he messaged Messi to congratulate his former team-mate, Pique stated: ‘Erm… not likely. That is loopy however it’s true, I used to be disconnected from the World Cup. Since my retirement I wanted to disconnect from sport, so I did not watch any video games other than the ultimate – and never the entire sport.
‘I attempted to disconnect, I went on vacation for a number of days. My previous couple of months have been powerful as a professional and I actually wanted to disconnect from soccer.’
