It is no longer news that Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi have left European football.
Both players are widely regarded as the greatest men to have played football in the history of the beautiful leather game.
The departure of the GOATS
Ronaldo left the shoes of European football shortly before the 2022 World Cup, having had his contract terminated by Manchester United, while on June 7, a shock reverberated through the football world as Lionel Messi announced he would leave Europe.
PSG confirmed that their superstar will not be renewing his deal at Parc des Princes at the end of the season, but would be moving to Inter Miami, while Ronaldo had since moved to Al-Nassr in Saudi Arabia.
This means that the 2023-24 season is the first since 2002, when neither Messi nor Ronaldo will be playing in Europe and it feels definitively like the end of an era.
From 2009 to 2018, the two played against each other at least twice per season during El Clásico matches but also met many other times in competitions such as the Copa del Rey, the Supercopa de España, and a two-legged Champions League semi-final in 2011.
The two superstars ended their dominance of Europe which saw them share 12 Ballon d’Ors among themselves and this would be a great opportunity to other players, especially the new generation, who never had a real chance to trulThe two superstars ended their dominance of Europe which saw them share 12 Ballon d’Ors among themselves and this would be a great opportunity to other players, especially the new generation, who never had a real chance to truly shine, to get recognised.Achievements Ronaldo, Messi left behind in Europe:
Throughout their dominance, the pair have always been the focal point of awards ceremonies and they have also broken a multitude of goalscoring records for both club and country.
The Argentine football icon is the La Liga’s all-time top scorer and most assists in the league’s history.
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