Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo? Manchester United star Harry Maguire names his GOAT

Manchester United defender Harry Maguire has chosen his GOAT pick between Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. Ronaldo and Maguire played together at Old Trafford for one and a half seasons.

Both Lionel Messi and Ronaldo are widely regarded as two of the best players in the game's history, scoring over 800 goals for club and country and winning big titles and individual honours galore.

Despite being almost 40, both legends are still going strong, having moved away from European football after two decades. However, Maguire reckons his former teammate Ronaldo is the GOAT, also picking the Portugal captain as the best big-game player, as per GOAL USA.

Maguire's entire interaction went as follows:

"Goalscorer: Harry Kane"

"Underrated: Jordan Pickford"

"Speed: Kyle Walker"

"Best friend: Jordan Pickford"

"Scary: Lisandro Martinez. He can produce some naughty tackles in training."

"Potential: Kobbie Mainoo"

"Big-game player: Cristiano Ronaldo"

"Skills: Marcus Rashford"

"GOAT: Cristiano Ronaldo"

Ronaldo has scored nearly 900 goals for club and country in his illustrious career spanning more than two decades. He has played for some of the top clubs in the game, like Manchester United, Real Madrid and Juventus.

The five-time Ballon d'Or winner holds a slew of impressive milestones. He's the top scorer in four different leagues, the only player to score for two different winning teams in UEFA Champions League finals and the first male player to score in 21 straight years in international football.

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Former Manchester United striker Cristiano Ronaldo

Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo is one of the greatest goalscorers in the beautiful game. In fact, he's the most prolific scorer in the men's game, netting 894 times for club and country.

Ronaldo has scored against some of the top teams in the game, especially Lionel Messi's Barcelona, who are often regarded as one of the best club teams in history.

The 39-year-old played 34 games against the Blaugrana for three different teams - with all four of those outings coming while he was with their arch-rivals Real Madrid from 2009 to 2018.

Ronaldo scored 20 times against Messi's former team, also assisting thrice, but won only 15 of 34 games, losing 20. Most of those goals (18) came with Los Blancos, including nine in La Liga, five in the Copa del Rey and four in the Supercopa Espana.

His two goals against Lionel Messi's former team Barcelona in the UEFA Champions League came while he was at Juventus, drawing blanks in two games with Madrid and three with Manchester United.