Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Virgil Van Dijk. (Photo by Harold Cunningham - UEFA/UEFA via Getty Images)
England football legend, Wayne Rooney has asserted that the Erling Haaland and Kylian Mbappe, though nearly impossible to get to the heights of Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, are better than the two.
Rooney made this claim speaking on Sports18, he said the two young forwards taking the world by storm at the are certainly better than the two football greats at the moment.
“Haaland and Mbappe, of course, the next two, at this moment of time they’re obviously better than Messi and Ronaldo,” the former Forward said.
“But for them to emulate the career that Messi and Ronaldo have had, I can’t see it.
“For Messi and Ronaldo to do it at the same time in the same league for a long time, I don’t think we will see that again.”
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