Former Manchester United star Wayne Rooney asserted that Erling Haaland of Manchester City and Kylian Mbappe of Paris Saint-Germain are currently superior to Argentina captain Lionel Messi and Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo.
Rooney said that it would be extremely difficult for Haaland and Mbappe to have careers similar to those of Messi and Ronaldo.
“Haaland and Mbappe, of course, the next two, at this moment in time, they’re certainly better than Messi and Ronaldo,” Rooney remarked on Sports18.
But I don’t think they’ll be able to duplicate Messi and Ronaldo’s professional careers.
“What Messi and Ronaldo have done is unparalleled in the world of football,” the former England international continued.
“I don’t think we will see that again,” Messi said, “for Ronaldo and Messi to achieve it at the same time in the same league for a long time.”