A 2014 proposal that would have seen Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi hand-pick All-Star teams to play against eachother in a match worth almost £90million has come to light
A £90million All-Star match that would have pitted Cristiano Ronaldo against long-time rival Lionel Messi almost took place at Wembley in 2017, it has been revealed.
Ronaldo and Messi have both been at the pinnacle of football throughout their illustrious careers and are widely acknowledged as the two finest players of their generation. They regularly came up against each other during their respective spells at Real Madrid and Barcelona – but they came close to locking horns away from La Liga.
A new report from The Sun has revealed that Robert Bonnier, a former multi-millionaire dot-com investor, approached the representatives of the high-profile duo back in 2014 with the idea of staging a dream mega game at a neutral venue.
It is understood that Bonnier’s vision – which is outlined in a new book: Messi vs Ronaldo: One Rivalry, Two GOATs, and the Era That Remade the World’s Game – would have seen the two icons hand-pick teams with a budget of almost £90m on offer to cover match fees and bonuses, with Wembley pencilled in to stage the glitzy game.