Cristiano Ronaldo makes rare admission on his relationship with Lionel Messi as feelings made clear on legendary rivalry

Cristiano Ronaldo has made a rare penetration about the range of his relationship with the legendary on-picker Lionel Messi.

The 39 -year -old, who currently plays his club football for Al Nasar on behalf of the Saudi Pro League, dominated the entireness of 2010 in the late 2000s and with Messi.

Ronaldo has five Bellon D’Or win in eight Messi’s eight, with the pair undoubtedly two of the two greatest players to play football.

He has also achieved success with his respective countries, as Messi has won two Copa America and a World Cup with Argentina while Ronaldo has lifted the Euro 2016 title with Portugal.

Little is known about their off-next relationship, although there is a lot of respect among them as clarified in many interviews.

In 2023, Ronaldo said: “If you like Cristiano, you don’t have to hate Messi. Both of them changed the history of football and are respected.”

Now, in an interview La sextaThe Portugal icon has been forced to deny a long -standing rumor about the relationship between himself and Messi.

He commented: “I never had [a bad relationship with Messi]Conversely. “

As Ronaldo did not go to say that there was a real friendship between himself and Barcelona legend, with long comments with the previous comments made on the subject.

Talk to Marka in 2017Messi told his belief that he would not know if he would ever befriend Ronaldo – but it is not due to any enmity held between the pair.

He said: “I don’t know what we will be [friends in the future],

“Friendship is formed through spending time together and knowing each other.

“We have no connection, mainly because we only see each other in award ceremonies, and this is the only time when we speak.

“Everything is fine, but our life does not cross many times.”