Sergio Ramos Named His GOAT After Playing With Ronaldo and Messi

Summary
Sergio Ramos is one of the rare footballers privileged to have played alongside both Ronaldo and Messi.
Ramos struck up an odd bromance with Messi at PSG.
The Spanish defender enjoyed more success playing alongside Ronaldo at Real Madrid.
Sergio Ramos gave his final opinion on the GOAT (Greatest of all Time) controversy after playing alongside both Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. The concept of Ramos and Messi ever playing together would have sounded outlandish in the extreme three years ago. The pair battled it out for over a decade during their extremely successful periods at Real Madrid and Barcelona, respectively.

Messi often found himself on the receiving end of some cruel treatment from Ramos, who has been sent off more times than any other footballer in the history of Europe’s top five leagues. Despite that, Messi often got the better of the Spaniard. No player has scored more goals in the history of El Clasico than the renowned Argentine attacker.

Ramos left Madrid to join Paris Saint-Germain as a free agent in July 2021. Like the rest of the world, the Spanish defender was taken aback when Barcelona icon Messi joined him at the Parc des Princes a month later. Many football fans expected the pair’s relationship to remain, at best, icy. However, the superstars immediately put aside their rivalries and formed an unexpected bromance on the pitch.

Prior to it, he had spent much of his career playing alongside Messi’s greatest rival, Ronaldo. Throughout their careers, the Argentine and Portuguese superstars have been compared frequently. The debate about who is the greatest player of all time has raged for nearly two decades and is certain to continue for many years to come. Having played with both players, Ramos had an opinion on who he thought was the finest ever.

Ramos chose Messi over Ronaldo as his all-time favourite.

After nearly two years of training and playing alongside Messi, Ramos declared him the greatest footballer in history. According to Goal, the defender said in an interview with PSG TV that he considers the former Barcelona player to be the greatest football player of all time. Coming from a former Real Madrid player, this was rather surprising. Ramos said:

“Playing against Messi was excruciatingly painful for several years. I’m now enjoying him.

“He is the best player football has ever produced.”

Yes, it appears Ramos has decided that Messi is the greatest of all time. This is despite the Spaniard spent nearly a decade playing alongside Ronaldo at Real Madrid. The pair won almost everything there was to win at club level with Los Blancos, but it only took two years in France with Messi to solidify Ramos’ opinion on who was the greatest player of all time.

Messi has been amazing from the start of his career, setting records for Barcelona, La Liga, Argentina, and, most likely, Inter Miami. He’s been killing teams for nearly 20 years, and it’s easy to see why Ramos believes he’s the best, even though Ronaldo has a strong argument.

Sergio Ramos’ numbers alongside Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.

Years of playing together.

Games

Points per game.

Participate in a joint aim

Minutes

With Cristiano Ronaldo.

2009-2018

339

2.27

15

28,441

With Lionel Messi.

2021-2023

46

2.30

2

6,672

Statistics as per Transfermarkt

Messi and Ronaldo are both legends.
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