Messi Has To Prove He's An Alien By Playing In Other Leagues

Lionel Messi (Instagram @leomessi)

JAKARTA - It is unfortunate, once again we have to compare Lionel Messi with Cristiano Ronaldo. If only we had other comparators, maybe the world of football would be much more interesting.

But, what else can you do? For today's player standards, Messi and Ronaldo are the ones who best represent the GOAT (Greatest Of All Time) category. Both from the row of trophies, the number of goals and the technique of the game.

However, there is one thing that Messi still has to prove if he is to be compared to Ronaldo. This time, we are not talking about their international trophy with their respective countries.

Messi has many nicknames, one of which is Alien. This nickname illustrates that Messi's skills are far above other soccer players, maybe including Ronaldo, although comparing the skills of the two is not apple to apple because the type of play is different.

Aliens or aliens is a football audience's description of Messi when they see his actions and contributions to Barcelona. Yes, only Barcelona. Throughout his life, since the age of 13, Messi only played for clubs from Catalan.

Messi presented 33 titles for Los Blaugrana with a record of 444 goals in 485 matches in all competitions. Not to mention a series of individual titles, including 6 Ballon d'Or trophies. Fantastic isn't it?

However, this nickname feels incomplete if Messi has not felt the rigors of the Premier League or the captivating of the Italian League which once had a myriad of tough defenders without compromise - although at this time you could say not many.

Again as a comparison, Ronaldo played with Manchester United before joining Real Madrid, and is now undergoing a career in the Italian League with Juventus. With these two clubs, Ronaldo was quite productive and was able to present many trophies.

Three Premier League trophies, 1 FA Cup, 2 Football League Cups, 1 FA Community Shield, 1 Champions League, and 1 FIFA Club World are a series of trophies that Ronaldo won with the Red Devils. Meanwhile, in his first two seasons with the Bianconeri, the Portuguese players presented 2 Scudettos and 1 Supercoppa Italiana. He scored a total of 84 goals in 196 matches (MU), and 52 goals in 64 matches (Juve).

Correctly. There's no point in arguing over Messi's position at the top of football. Moreover, constantly comparing him with Ronaldo. However, trying to feel the competition in another league is a challenge that he must do.

If there is one aspect left to prove Messi's prowess at club level, the idea of leaving his comfort zone to embrace a new challenge must be Messi's. And now is a good time.