Prior to his rumored move to Inter Miami, Piers Morgan thinks Lionel Messi is "quitting elite football." However, he claims that by doing so, he will escape the "scathing" criticism that Cristiano Ronaldo received when he decided to move to Saudi Arabia.
As a result of a negative interview with Morgan that attacked the team and its manager Erik ten Hag, Ronaldo was forced to leave Manchester United.
The Portuguese player was heavily mocked for joining Al-Nassr on a lucrative deal and acting like a mercenary rather than competing at the highest level in Europe.
Now that Messi, 35, has decided to leave French champions Paris Saint-Germain and move to Major League Soccer, Morgan wants to see the same degree of criticism, but he does not anticipate it.
He tweeted, "So, Messi retires from elite football at 35, three years earlier than Ronaldo." We may probably expect to see or hear the same critical, insulting articles from sportswriters and experts about Cristiano today. Warning: there is a spoiler ahead.
Argentina's captain and defending World Cup champion Messi is allegedly joining Inter Miami.
Famous Spanish journalist Guillem Balague claims that Messi has chosen to spend this summer playing for the South Florida-based team.
This comes following news from the French publication L'Equipe on Wednesday morning that said the South Florida-based club was 'on pole' for Messi's signature after the Argentine received official proposals from Saudi Arabia.
Morgan has made it abundantly obvious that he thinks the comparisons between Messi and Ronaldo to be unfair, using the FIFA World Cup last winter as one instance.
After Messi scored his 789th career goal in his 1,000th professional football appearance, the feisty broadcaster slammed into the BBC for 'fan-girling' over him.
In what is very certainly going to be his final World Cup, Messi was complimented by commentators Gary Lineker, Alan Shearer, Pablo Zabaleta, and Rio Ferdinand after leading Argentina to the quarterfinals. Morgan, however, didn't take kindly to the comments on Twitter.
As Lineker and company praised Messi on television, Morgan criticized the praise as being "excruciatingly obsequious."
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