Lionel Messi vs Cristiano Ronaldo: Pablo Sarabia Makes GOAT Pick After Playing With Both Stars

Lionel Messi vs Cristiano Ronaldo: Pablo Sarabia Makes GOAT Pick After Playing With Both Stars

Martin Moses
updated at February 13, 2024 at 11:54 AM
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  • Pablo Sarabia has made a pick between Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Neymar
  • The Wolves winger has played with all three players at different clubs in his career
  • He has previously thrown Messi and Neymar under the bus during his time with PSG

Pablo Sarabia has given his thoughts on what he thinks of arguably the greatest football players of all time, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.

Sarabia is among the few lucky players to have shared a dressing room with both players.

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Pablo Sarabia with Lionel Messi during a Paris Saint-Germain training session in January 2023. Photo by Bertrand Guay.
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He came through the Real Madrid academy and debuted for Los Blancos in December 2010. He actually replaced Ronaldo in the 72nd minute as Real romped to a 4-0 victory.

However, he failed to make his mark at the Santiago Bernabeu and was sold to Getafe. He later had a successful stint at Sevilla before joining Paris Saint-Germain, where he met Messi, Neymar, and Kylian Mbappe.

Sarabia won nine domestic titles in France but is on record blasting the team unity at Parc Des Princes.

"I prefer to play in another team to feel that unity, to be part of it, to be a member of the team and of a family, rather than just an addition of individuals," he stated as reported by Sports Brief.

Sarabia on the GOAT debate

Following the remarks, the Spanish winger was recently asked to choose between Ronaldo and Messi. He had a lot of praise for the two icons.

"It's amazing because playing with these players is a dream. I learned a lot because when you're training with these teammates, these players, it's incredible," he said per Sportskeeda.

The 31-year-old, however, settled on Ronaldo as his go-to player ahead of Messi and Neymar.

"It's a tough question. It's Cristiano because his mindset is incredible. It's very hard. Neymar can be different from the other players; it's possible to do everything. It's incredible. With Messi, everyone knows his capacity, the ability to score, to find the solution."

Sarabia is currently with Wolverhampton Wanderers in the Premier League, where he has one goal and three assists this season, according to Footy stats.

Benzema snubs Messi, Ronaldo

Sports Brief also previously reported on Al Ittihad star, Karim Benzema recently naming his dream starting 11.

There were some glaring omissions from his squad, most notably his ex-teammate, Ronaldo, as well as Messi.

The former Real Madrid striker was asked to name a dream starting 11 ahead of the 2023 FIFA Club World Cup.

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Martin Moses is a sports journalist with over five years of experience in media. He graduated from Multimedia University of Kenya (Bachelor of Journalism, 2017-2021)