Slyr0x: When football agent Jorge Mendes earlier this week, insisted that his client Cristiano Ronaldo is better than Brazilian winger Neymar Jnr and more Complete than Argentine maestro Lionel Messi, both of Barcelona, many people raised their eyebrows; maintaining that his stance is biased.
However, before we make our conclusions, I want us to take an in depth look at the 28-year-old Portuguese. After this, you can draw whatever comparison u like, but I believe one thing cannot be argued; and that is FACT!!!
In 2003, Cristiano dos Santos Aviero Ronaldo arrived Old Trafford as a teenager, but at that young age, the winger had already racked up 31 appearances and five goals for his boyhood club; Sporting Lisbon. The boy actually became a man at Manchester United.
After six seasons at the theatre of dreams, Ronaldo endeared himself into the hearts of fans with his direct play, dribbles and goals making him a cult hero at the club. Ronaldo won 11 major honours with the Red Devils and scored a total of 118 goals in 292 games for the Premier League champions.
In 2008, he became the first player (and only, so far) from the EPL to be crowned the best player in the world by FIFA, after guiding the then Ferguson-led United to the Premier League and Champions League double.
On June 26 2009, CR7 swapped Old Trafford for Bernabeu; joining Spanish giants Real Madrid for a then world record fee of £80m.
In just his fifth season with the los blancos, Ronaldo has already gone on to break numerous records at the club. With the hat-trick he scored on Tuesday against Galatasaray in the Champions League, Ronaldo became Real Madrid's third all-time highest goalscorer (38 goals) in the competition, behind only Raul Gonzalez and Frenc Puskas and fifth in the overall list on 54 goals.
Ronaldo has also won one Spanish La-Liga, one Copa del Rey, and two Super Cup titles with the capital club.
The most outstanding stat of Ronaldo's time in Spain so far, is that the Madeira-born forward has scored more goals than games played for Real Madrid; 206 goals in 204 games played so far. In total, the former Sporting Lisbon forward has scored 329 goals in 527 club games so far, and all across three clubs in three different leagues; Portugal, England, and now Spain.
He has also managed to win 15 major club honours, to go with his 68 individual titles. It will be a debate that will drag on for decades; who is better between Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, with four straight FIFA world best awards, since Ronaldo won it in 2008, the Argentine looks the clear favourite.
However, I want to state that being the best and being complete are two different things, take Ronaldo Da Lima for example, while he wowed all in the colors of Brazil, winning 3 world cups with his national side, he found it hard performing consistently in Europe, hence his club football was not as successful.
So if you consider what Cristiano Ronaldo has managed to achieve in all the leagues he has played in, and the fact that, he has managed to stand out in two major leagues, you look at things a little bit differently. It is not surprising that he is the only player to have won the European Golden Boot from two different Leagues.
It is hard to see Messi thriving in a team aside Barcelona. With 328 goals from 410 games for Barcelona so far, one cannot play down the greatness of the little magician.
While Messi fits in perfectly into Barcelona's set up and will continue to rule the round leather game for many more years with the Nou Camp outfit, Ronaldo looks like a player that can succeed in any team in Europe due to his style of play.
Like Sir Alex said last year; "Maturity brings many things. When I went to see them play against City, some of his decision-making in terms of passing was brilliant.
" Now you see the complete player. His decision-making, his maturity, his experience, plus all the great skills he has got, they make him the complete player."
So if I was to compare these two wonderful artists (because football is an art), I will say while Messi is the best player the world has ever seen; due to his skills and abundant wisdom and great understanding of the game, not to forget his personal and team success, CR7 is the most complete player on God's green earth.
~ Rahman
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