Gareth Bale names Lionel MESSI as the best ever winner of the Champions League… as fans say he has ‘bodied’ old Real Madrid team-mate Cristiano Ronaldo with his answer
- Gareth Bale named Lionel Messi as the best winner of the Champions League
- It ignored his long-time Real Madrid colleague, superstar Cristiano Ronaldo
- Ronaldo is at Al-Nassr, while Messi recently announced an Inter Miami move
Gareth Bale has named Lionel Messi as the best ever winner of the Champions League – betraying his former team-mate Cristiano Ronaldo in the process.
Bale and Portuguese megastar Ronaldo were colleagues for five years at Real Madrid, where they won Europe’s elite club trophy four times together.
But when posed the question at PlayStation House, the Welshman briefly paused before responding ‘Messi’, as shown by a video on Twitter.
Fans on social media were quick to believe that Bale’s response was proof that Messi is the greatest ever footballer, instead of Ronaldo.
One joked that Bale had ‘bodied’ Ronaldo with his response, and that it was something that he had in common with the Argentine legend.
Lionel Messi has been called the best player to win the Champions League by Gareth Bale
The Welshman named the Argentinian over his ex-Real Madrid team-mate Cristiano Ronaldo
Bale was asked the question in advance of the 2023 Champions League final in Istanbul
Another noted: ‘I’ve never seen any Messi current or former team-mate calling Ronaldo the best player’.
A third wrote: ‘Tears Ronaldo’s own team-mates don’t rate him.’
Ronaldo is now playing in Saudi Arabia for Al-Nassr, while earlier this week, Messi confirmed that he will link up with MLS side Inter Miami in the USA.
Bale was asked the question ahead of this year’s finale between Man City and Inter Milan.
Fans on social media were quick to laugh at Bale’s decision to pick Messi over Ronaldo
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