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Mourinho on Messi-Ronaldo debate: Former Man Utd manager gives his verdict

Rishabh Gupta
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Mourinho on Messi-Ronaldo debate

Mourinho on Messi-Ronaldo debate: Jose Mourinho has become the latest figure in football to comment on the Messi-Ronaldo debate.

Jose Mourinho was sacked as the Manchester United manager last month. The Portuguese manager was at Old Trafford since 2016, but a series of poor results and a fall-out with dressing room led to the club parting ways with Mourinho.

Since leaving Old Trafford, Mourinho made his first television appearance for beIN sports for the ongoing AFC Asian Cup.

He pressed upon various issues, which include taking a seeming dig at Paul Pogba and the Manchester United squad as he talked about the player-manager relationships.

He also addressed the Messi vs Ronaldo debate and had the perfect reply to conclude the issue.

Mourinho on Messi-Ronaldo debate:

Jose Mourinho has worked with Cristiano Ronaldo during his time at Real Madrid, and even when things worsened between the duo during his final year at the club, the Portuguese manager remains appreciative of the player.

“I think it is unfair to both of them when someone says one is better than the other one,” he told beIN SPORTS.


“I think they are just different. The only thing that I can say is that when I had Ronaldo on my side I was a very happy man.”

However, Mourinho also admitted that Messi forced him to work a lot more harder.

“And when I had to play against Messi I had to think a lot to try and help my team to have chances to succeed,” said Mourinho.

The former Manchester United manager insisted that the fact that both the players were able to sustain their prime is a ‘thing to admire.’

“The thing to admire is the number of years that they have stayed at the top.

“To win once, it can happen. To win and win and win and win and win is much more difficult. As a player, you can appear like a hurricane and then disappear.

“These two guys have been there for ten years and everything is about them until the moment they decide enough is enough and other people can raise the bar.”

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Rishabh Gupta

Rishabh Gupta

A sports enthusiast. Sports, I believe, is one of the few powers which help us grow, both as an individual and society. With each day, in the rich world of sports, I grow.

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