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Fans witnessed an incredible rivalry between Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi when the two stalwarts of the game played club football in Spain.
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With Cristiano Ronaldo’s future at Al-Nassr in limbo, speculations have been rife over his next possible destination. In a situation like this, the Portuguese legend was recently linked with a probable move to the Major League Soccer (MLS), where Lionel Messi is currently plying his trade for Inter Miami. Ronaldo’s former Manchester United team-mate Wes Brown recently said that the legendary goal scorer should go to America. “Cristiano Ronaldo has to go to America, especially given that Lionel Messi is there as well. I’ve seen Ronaldo play a few times and it’s been a good standard, he is scoring goals and looking so fit for his age, still sprinting at 40. He wants to play for as long as he can and he’s a player who can hand-pick where he wants to play next,” Brown told The Sports Daily, as per GOAL.
“He won’t hang his boots up anytime soon and will keep breaking records. He has been to a few places now and I’d love to see him add America to the list. He has been scoring more goals than Messi of late and it would be great to see them go head-to-head again,” Wes Brown added.
Fans witnessed an incredible rivalry between Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi when the two stalwarts of the game played club football in Spain. While Ronaldo left Real Madrid to join Juventus in 2018, the Argentine great switched to Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) from Barcelona in 2021.
Lionel Messi is currently representing Inter Miami where he has already netted more than 30 goals. Meanwhile, Cristiano Ronaldo scored 50 goals across all competitions for Al-Nassr in the last season. Ronaldo joined the Saudi Pro League side in 2023 following a fairytale return to Manchester United. Ronaldo had agreed to a two-and-a-half-year contract with the Riyadh-based outfit.
Amid the uncertainties surrounding his Al-Nassr future, Cristiano Ronaldo himself had hinted at extending his stay in Saudi Arabia. “I’m happy and my family is happy. We started a new life in this beautiful country. Life is good, football is good. In terms of individual and collective, we are still there. We are still improving,” Ronaldo had said during an interaction with Saudi Pro League’s official media channels.
Cristiano Ronaldo’s current Al-Nassr contract is set to expire this summer and there has been no confirmation yet about his future in Riyadh. Al-Nassr currently claim the fourth spot in the Saudi Pro League standings. They are 11 points behind table-toppers Al-Ittihad.
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Riyadh, Saudi Arabia