After playing with Kylian Mbappe, Lionel Messi, and Cristiano Ronaldo, Pablo Sarabia naturally wants to know who is the best.
After working alongside Messi, Mbappe, and Neymar in France, the Spanish midfielder, who is currently at Wolves, was on the rosters of Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain. At Santiago Bernabeu, he witnessed Portuguese sensation Ronaldo up close.
It is not easy to rank those legendary forwards, but Sarabia told talkSPORT of his time spent training with the greatest of all time: “It is amazing because it is a dream to play with these players. I learned a lot because when you are training with these team-mates, these players, it is incredible. The goals, the assists, it is very important to try to learn in this moment and in training every day. They are amazing players. Outside the pitch these are very good people and because of that it is a reference for me and also [that to my son].”
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THE BIGGER PICTURE
Sarabia went on to say when asked to rank Ronaldo, Messi and Co: “It’s a very difficult question. It’s Cristiano because his mindset is totally incredible. It’s very hard. Neymar, his ability to be different than the other players, it’s possible to do everything, I’ve never seen anything like it. He has a lot of quality with the ball, it’s incredible. With Messi, everyone knows his capacity, the ability to score, to find the solution.”
WHAT NEXT FOR MESSI & RONALDO?
Messi and Ronaldo have found themselves at the centre of a drawn out GOAT debate for some time, with both earning plenty of supporters for their respective cause. They have 13 Ballons d’Or between them, with Messi considered to be the more naturally gifted performer, while Ronaldo’s relentless work rate has carried him to the very top of the game.
