“I learned a lot” – Wolves star on “totally incredible” experience playing with Messi & Ronaldo

Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo? It is the question that has dominated football for well over a decade now. Why? Because of their achievements and differences. Whatever answer that is given will perfectly reflect how that football fan views the sport we all love. It is a question of taste and what, as supporters, we appreciate and value the most.

Despite Messi now enjoying a slower tempo of life in Major League Soccer with Inter Miami, away from the football-obsessed cities of Barcelona and Paris, and Ronaldo entertaining a new, engaged crowd in Saudi Arabia at Al Nassr, the debate rages on over who really is the best. It always will.

It is perhaps most insightful when the question of, ‘Messi or Ronaldo’, is posed to a fellow professional. Indeed, there are only a handful of people in the world who can say that they have played alongside both of football’s modern-day immortals.

Wolverhampton Wanderers and Spain midfielder, Pablo Sarabia, is one of those lucky few. Now 32, the left-footed playmaker joined the boys from the Black Country in January 2023, and has since shown his quality and pedigree for Gary O’Neil’s side, stepping up in the important moments and keeping Wolves clear of the drop.

Having replaced Ronaldo off the bench for his Real Madrid debut, and been a regular part of Messi’s supporting cast at Paris Saint-Germain, Sarabia was well-placed to weigh in on the debate. Speaking to talkSPORT, he revealed his thoughts on the matter, saying:

He then added: “I learned a lot because when you’re training with these [level of] team-mates, it’s incredible. The goals, the assists, it’s very important to try to learn in this moment and in training every day.”