Cristiano Ronaldo has reacted on Instagram after Kevin-Prince Boateng’s old claims about Barcelona and Lionel Messi resurfaced. The former Ghana star claimed that he lied about the Argentine being the best player in the world after making his move to the Catalan side.
A user on Instagram posted quotes from 2023, and they went viral on the social network once again. The reel reached Ronaldo today, and he posted three laugh emojies, in which the Ghanaian legend said:
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“I remember that when I arrived in Barcelona, they immediately asked me who the best player in the world was. I had to say it was Lionel Messi, I lied. It was one of the biggest lies of my life.”
“Normally, I always tell the truth, but I lied because it was the only way to wear the Barcelona shirt. I always supported Real Madrid when I was a teenager. I love Cristiano Ronaldo. But they told me I had to say that, otherwise I wouldn’t play.”
During the same interview, Boateng admitted that Lionel Messi left his speechless in training. He admitted that the Argentine had impressed him more than Ronaldo and said:
“Training with Messi left me speechless. I had always said that Cristiano Ronaldo was the best in the world, but Messi is something else. He’s not normal. While training with him, I felt inadequate for the first time in my career. He was doing incredible things. I felt like saying, ‘I’m done, I’m going to quit playing!'”
Boateng and Messi played just one match together at Barcelona in the 2018/19 season. He never played with Ronaldo, but faced him nine times, losing five and drawing the other four.
Kevin-Prince Boateng on Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo
Kevin-Prince Boateng revealed that Lionel Messi did not speak a lot in the dressing room or training. He recalled one conversation about Cristiano Ronaldo and the Portugal superstar’s performances, and said:
“He [Messi] is the captain but doesn’t speak. We spoke one time in the shower because he asked if it’s difficult to score in Italy because Ronaldo was there at that time, and he showed the rivalry between them. I told him that it was more difficult that Ronaldo was there, and he scored every game for three years. People forget too easily what he’s done there.”
Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi are in the United States this month for the FIFA World Cup.
Edited by Sripad