Zlatan should be Temp's favourite player. Ticks all the boxes he claims Ronaldo has. IIRC he's been criticized heavily by Temp no? Would also like to hear an opinion on Grealish.
Instead it's Lewandowski and Kaka. Two players completely anonymous off the pitch, "dull" just like Messi. Well Lewy is doing those cringe tiktok dances, but you don't hear Temp crying about these guys being awkward
I've said it before but you hear all those teammates, new and old, coaches, and everyone who worked with him saying Messi is just a normal guy. Then you have that Bale clip when he golfs and is asked about Ronaldo but just laughs. To me it always seemed like Ronaldo is more popular among heavily wax-combed shiny hair middle eastern guys with tight jeans, it's a certain type of stereotypical personality if you know what I mean.
Just seems to me like pure guessing. Anybody ever claimed that as opposed to Ronaldo? Every person has flaws under a magnyfing glass, Messi is under heavy inspection from the world and the biggest thing they can find is that he's autistic. I think he is as humble as a person can be of that status and popularity, some people has seen him as their God for 15 years ffs, of course he is swayed by that no matter how much he says he just wants to play football. Must be incredibly hard.
You don't become a winner without being a bit of an asshole. Ronaldo, Lewy, Suarez, Xavi, Messi, Modric are players that definitely have hurt teammates with their words on the pitch but some do it more often and in a worse way than others. But that's how it is to be demanding of your teammates.
