Lionel Messi believes he and Cristiano Ronaldo will never share a close friendship because they do not get to spend enough time together to build the required bond.
The Barcelona and Real Madrid stalwarts have shared a formidable rivalry throughout their La Liga careers and have collected myriad individual honours between them.
But while Messi claims the alleged enmity is very much created by the media, he also admits the pair are unlikely to ever consider one another friends, if only because they rarely get the time to speak.
He said, “I don’t know if we will be. Friendship is built through spending time together and getting to know each other.
“We have no relationship, mainly because we only see each other at awards ceremonies and that’s the only time we speak.
“Everything is fine, but our lives don’t cross over very often.”
Both Messi and Ronaldo have dominated the footballing sphere for the last decade and have shared the last nine Ballon d’Or awards (Messi 5, Ronaldo 4) – the Portuguese is currently heavy favourite to equal the standings for 2017.
But with both of them now into their 30s, Messi believes a new generation of players will soon take their places at the top and backs team-mate Luis Suarez, former Barcelona companion Neymar and Paris Saint-Germain sensation Kylian Mbappe to challenge for the coveted golden ball in the near future.
He said, “There are many great players around today who can win the Ballon d’Or. In recent years, there have just been two, but now players like Neymar, Kylian Mbappe and Luis Suarez can compete for that award.”
Read more via
http://www.gistuniverse.com/2018/06/ronaldo-can-never-be-my-friend-says.html

Am just happy that ronaldo has realized that his not d best in the world......so happy he was put in his place......at least his oversized ego has been slashed.

Hoping for neymar and mbappe to shine.

If Ronaldo is not the best in the world then who is?

Messi can never be a friend to a world best that is yet to play world cup final for once in his life career.

What a looser Ronaldo is

[s]

post=68975162:
Na una sabi....
Go home to your families abet!
Let's watch the new kids on the blocks henceforth!!

HAZARD.
Neymar.
Mbappe.
Dr Bruyne

[/s]
looking for who to poison in sports section?

Olanipereku:
[s][/s] looking for who to poison in sports section?

wetin na

Ronaldo is a magician Ronaldo is not human Ronaldo is a super player Ronaldo is a god Ronaldo is from another planet Ronaldo is a G.O.A.T and others That nonsense must end

Auladimeji1:
wetin na

ask the concoction cooking machine

No time for rubbish...

Lol ���

This is an old article and the thread title is misleading. OP

Pierced:
Am just happy that ronaldo has realized that his not d best in the world......so happy he was put in his place......at least his oversized ego has been slashed.

Hoping for neymar and mbappe to shine.

He is the best in the world. He had a good World cup even though the exited early

Dtoms2:
Lionel Messi believes he and Cristiano Ronaldo will never share a close friendship because they do not get to spend enough time together to build the required bond.
The Barcelona and Real Madrid stalwarts have shared a formidable rivalry throughout their La Liga careers and have collected myriad individual honours between them.
But while Messi claims the alleged enmity is very much created by the media, he also admits the pair are unlikely to ever consider one another friends, if only because they rarely get the time to speak.
He said, “I don’t know if we will be. Friendship is built through spending time together and getting to know each other.
“We have no relationship, mainly because we only see each other at awards ceremonies and that’s the only time we speak.
“Everything is fine, but our lives don’t cross over very often.”
Both Messi and Ronaldo have dominated the footballing sphere for the last decade and have shared the last nine Ballon d’Or awards (Messi 5, Ronaldo 4) – the Portuguese is currently heavy favourite to equal the standings for 2017.
But with both of them now into their 30s, Messi believes a new generation of players will soon take their places at the top and backs team-mate Luis Suarez, former Barcelona companion Neymar and Paris Saint-Germain sensation Kylian Mbappe to challenge for the coveted golden ball in the near future.
He said, “There are many great players around today who can win the Ballon d’Or. In recent years, there have just been two, but now players like Neymar, Kylian Mbappe and Luis Suarez can compete for that award.”
Read more via
http://www.gistuniverse.com/2018/06/ronaldo-can-never-be-my-friend-says.html

You brought 2017 news and posted it here with a false heading. Is that how desperate you are? Bloggers sef.
Don't go committing suicide because of Ronaldo oh. Because the way his existence is causing you pain is surprising me.
If you can't handle the fact that he's the best then stop watching football na. Na wa oh

even ronaldo son admits that messi is the better player

THEY GUYS MIGHT NOT HATE EACH OTHER THAT MUCH,THE WAY WE THINK THEY DO.....



In my street one guy broke the others head because of messi vs ronaldo argument

Auladimeji1:
Ronaldo is a magician
Ronaldo is not human
Ronaldo is a super player
Ronaldo is a god
Ronaldo is from another planet
Ronaldo is a G.O.A.T and others
That nonsense must end

Take it easy man. Ronaldo doesn't even know you.

Kingsley1000:
THEY GUYS MIGHT NOT HATE EACH OTHER THAT MUCH,THE WAY WE THINK THEY DO.....




In my street one guy broke the others head because of messi vs ronaldo argument

They don't hate each other. Any reasonable human should know that.
I just don't get why Ronaldo gets so much hate. It's not like he killed someone, or stole, or insulted anybody. He's just hated for playing football.

DrayZee:

They don't hate each other. Any reasonable human should know that.
I just don't get why Ronaldo gets so much hate. It's not like he killed someone, or stole, or insulted anybody. He's just hated for playing football.

not a fan of either....I love watching them ....I don't know why Nigerians hate both of them,some hate him and love messi,some despise messi and love Ronaldo

and he doesn't like you either

Kingsley1000:
not a fan of either....I love watching them ....I don't know why Nigerians hate both of them,some hate him and love messi,some despise messi and love Ronaldo

No one truly hates Messi (at least I don't think so). People who troll Messi do so because of his fans.
But Ronaldo, you see people making all sorts of false accusations against him for no clear reason.
They say he doesn't pass, they say he doesn't celebrate other players, they say he hates his teammates, they say he's arrogant, they even said he's gay (someone who has 4 children, has dated Kim Kardashian and is currently with a supermodel).
In all my years, I haven't seen one instance of all these accusations.
They've rained curses on him, his mother and even his children (how bad do you have to be that you can even curse children)
They just keep talking. It got so bad that Messi himself had to defend Ronaldo.

Ronaldo is gay.

DrayZee:

No one truly hates Messi (at least I don't think so). People who troll Messi do so because of his fans.
But Ronaldo, you see people making all sorts of false accusations against him for no clear reason.
They say he doesn't pass, they say he doesn't celebrate other players, they say he hates his teammates, they say he's arrogant, they even said he's gay (someone who has 4 children, has dated Kim Kardashian and is currently with a supermodel).
In all my years, I haven't seen one instance of all these accusations.
They've rained curses on him, his mother and even his children (how bad do you have to be that you can even curse children)
They just keep talking. It got so bad that Messi himself had to defend Ronaldo.

both are hated ,there are some fans that can kill for ronaldo likewise messi ....that's normal ,same way they did during ronaldinho vs zidane era ....


yes ronaldo is proud and arrogant ,that's what i don't like about him ,messi is more lenient with his team mates

remember during neymar time in barca,messi make sure he get many goals by giving him pk,freekicks and assists ,same can't be said about ronaldo ,nevetheless,he is a great leader and confident something messi lacks

Kingsley1000:
both are hated ,there are some fans that can kill for ronaldo likewise messi ....that's normal ,same way they did during ronaldinho vs zidane era ....


yes ronaldo is proud and arrogant ,that's what i don't like about him ,messi is more lenient with his team mates

remember during neymar time in barca,messi make sure he get many goals by giving him pk,freekicks and assists ,same can't be said about ronaldo ,nevetheless,he is a great leader and confident something messi lacks

You need to know the difference between confidence and arrogance. Zlatan who embodies arrogance is not hated like Ronaldo. So that's not an excuse.

same can't be said about ronaldo

So where do his large numbers of assists come from?
Neymar is a good free kick taker, so it would make sense if he was allowed to take it. If it was about leniency, then Mascherano should have been taking most of Barcelona's freekicks considering the fact that he had no goals (untIL a penalty was dropped for him).
Do you expect Zidane to allow Benzema take a free kick when it's not like Ronaldo was injured or something. And have you actually seen any argument amongst the players asking to take a free kick?
These are all wild assumptions. The players of Real Madrid themselves don't ask him to leave out a freekick/penalty because they know that he's their best hope of netting it. They complained that they weren't allowed to take a freekick, so where's this logic coming from?

And I seem to remember it being common knowledge between both Madrid and Barca fans that Neymar would win a freekick/penalty and Messi would be the one to take it. I honestly never had a problem with it, because Neymar himself didn't have a problem with it.