Cristiano Ronaldo Will ‘Always Have The Upper Hand’ Over Lionel Messi

That is the strongly-held opinion of Leon Bailey, the 23-year-old Bayer Leverkusen star whose personal return to type this season has put him again on the procuring record of many high European golf equipment.

Why Ronaldo ranks above his rival in Bailey’s view is easy: Messi has spent too lengthy at Barcelona and by no means confirmed himself with totally different groups or in numerous leagues.

“I believe he [Messi] has been at one membership for too lengthy,” Bailey advised ESPN.

“The large distinction between Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi is Cristiano Ronaldo has performed nice issues in numerous groups and that is what makes him nice.

“Clearly they’re two nice gamers however Ronaldo will at all times have that higher hand.”

The Jamaica worldwide added that, whereas he believes Messi has extra pure potential than the Juventus ahead, Ronaldo is much more profitable in his eyes.

“I consider Messi is extra gifted with regards to [pure] expertise than Cristiano,” Bailey defined.

“However with regards to extra success, I might give that to Ronaldo 100 instances.”

The 36-year-old Ronaldo does lead Messi by way of Champions League victories, 5 to 4. However Messi has gained extra league campaigns: 10 La Liga triumphs in comparison with Ronaldo’s seven league titles.

Nevertheless Ronaldo’s haul of home trophies have been gained throughout three golf equipment, as he is proved himself within the Premier League with Manchester United, La Liga with Actual Madrid and in Serie A with Juve.

So clearly winger Bailey, scorer of 9 targets in 23 video games this season, believes that Ronaldo proving himself in three very totally different leagues – 4 if we embody his breakthrough with Sporting CP – is extra spectacular than Messi’s constant success at one membership.

When it comes to particular person awards, each have an absolute wealth and no different participant can match their Ballon d’Or totals of six (Messi) and 5 (Ronaldo).

Many gamers record Messi as the best of this – or maybe any – era, attributable to his virtually superhuman ability.

However Ronaldo’s need to show himself at totally different golf equipment is commonly held up as an edge over Messi, who’s solely ever performed for Barcelona.

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