Cristiano Ronaldo desires to settle the oft-debated matter of whether or not he or fellow star Lionel Messi is the best to ever play the sport.
Throughout an interview with Spanish tv, Cristiano Ronaldo has not held again on why he’s the best footballer of all time.
“I’m one of the best participant in soccer historical past. I haven’t seen anybody higher than me in soccer historical past, and I’m saying fact from my coronary heart,” Ronaldo stated in an interview with media outlet LaSexta TV on Monday.
The 39-year-old Portuguese ahead has confronted fixed comparisons with fellow famous person Lionel Messi all through his profession with Ronaldo conceding in the course of the interview that many followers favor the Argentine ahead.
However Ronaldo insisted that statistics again up his declare to be one of the best.
“I’m speaking about numbers,” Ronaldo stated. “I feel I’m probably the most full participant to have existed. In my view, I feel it’s me. I do all the pieces properly in soccer: with my head, free kicks, left foot. I’m quick. I’m sturdy.
“One factor is style. When you like Messi, Pele, Maradona, I perceive that and I respect that, however saying Ronaldo isn’t full … I’m probably the most full. I haven’t seen anyone higher than me, and I say it from the guts.”
Ronaldo, who beforehand performed for Actual Madrid and Manchester United, is the captain of Saudi Professional League facet Al-Nassr.
In the course of the interview, the five-time Ballon d’Or winner additionally made his opinion identified on the controversy over the best purpose scorer of all time. Ronaldo holds the document as the best purpose scorer ever with 923, the newest coming in a brace in Al-Nassr’s 4-0 AFC Champions League victory over Al Wasl on Monday.
“Who’s one of the best purpose scorer in historical past? It’s about numbers. Full cease,” Ronaldo stated.
“Who’s the participant in historical past who’s scored probably the most objectives with their head, their left foot, penalties, free kicks? I used to be wanting the opposite day, and never being left-footed, I’m within the high 10 purpose scorers with their left foot in historical past – and with my head and with my proper foot and penalties. All of them.”
Ronaldo topped Forbes’s 2024 record of one of the best paid athletes as his earnings off the pitch reached $60m, boosted by greater than a billion social media followers.
The ahead, who turns 40 on Wednesday, nonetheless isn’t considering retirement from membership or worldwide soccer.
