Although they were teammates at MU and conquered many titles together, the relationship between Wayne Rooney and Ronaldo was not really good. The English striker has many times made harsh comments when talking about his former teammate.

In particular, Rooney is the one who often rates Messi higher than Ronaldo when talking about comparisons between the two. For Rooney, Messi deserves the title of the best player of all time, more than Ronaldo.

Wayne Rooney rates Messi higher than Ronaldo

Recently, in a sharing session with The Overlap, Rooney once again reiterated the above comment. The former England striker shared: “I think Messi is the best player to ever play.

I have received a lot of criticism just for making comments like that about Messi. I’m so used to saying things like, why did you choose Messi, it should have been Ronaldo. I understand that, both Ronaldo and Messi are excellent, even the two best players ever.

But for me personally, what makes the difference in Messi is his sophistication. Even though it’s just a little bit, that’s enough to make me love Messi more.”

Rooney also revealed the player he wants to play with: “I wish I had the opportunity to be Zinedine Zidane’s teammate, because everyone knows how good Zidane is.

I consider Messi the best player of all time, but I still aspire to play with Zidane, a player who is calm, precise and kicks with both feet as one. If that happens, it would be wonderful.”