Prior to Lionel Messi’s departure from FC Barcelona, former Argentine goalkeeper Hugo Gatti made remarks that he needed to extend his wings beyond the club, as he was supposedly in a comfort zone. Gatti, who argued passionately on “El Chiringuito de Jugones” in October 2019, said (translation via Marca), “It seems as if I am anti-Argentine, but until Messi plays in the big games, he will continue to be a player of home games. … Messi plays when they let him play. It’s very easy to play with everything in your favor at home.”
Gatti added fuel to an already existing battle of the greats, siding with Cristiano Ronaldo as the better player. “He [Messi] has to have balls to go to Real Madrid and prove everything there like Cristiano,” Gatti quipped. In his opinion, Messi didn’t qualify to be compared to the likes of late soccer giants Pelé, Diego Maradona, and Dutch soccer phenomenon Johan Cruyff unless he played in the Champions League and the World Cup.
At the time, Messi’s last Champions League win with FC Barcelona was in 2015, and in 2022, Gatti refused to eat humble pie when Argentina won the World Cup. In a phone call to “El Chiringuito de Jugones,” he declared Kylian Mbappé the competition’s most skilled player.
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