And so what? Messi only ever did stuff for Barcelona, arguably playing with the best players ever like Iniesta, busquets and Xavi, best managers ever like Pep, players like Suarez, Neymar, Puyol, David Villa, pique, Alves, Alba..
The guy literally needed cheap hormone injection to be good enough for professional football and then took the easy way out because of 'loyalty'. Atleast iniest and xavi dominated at every chance they got including euros and world cups but Messi? Absolute Nada and the guy is looking less useful at being the main man the further he gets away from xavi/Iniesta's era.
The guy is constantly hyped for being this 'magical player' which I agree that he is - but as much as that has been shown in the UCL it has been over hyped due to playing in one of the most lopsided leagues in world football. People lose there testosterone due to his goal vs getafe - like who?
Ronaldo was a magical player who ditched the magic early on like dribbling and skills to be a more solo minded player and the more he succeeded the more he wanted to try himself in different leagues who play at different tempos, different tactics, different environments, different physiques, different attacking or defensive mindset, different languages and so much more.
Why should C Ronaldo join Newcastle United to be valued as one of the best footballers in the world when Messi ends up doing the same repetitive crap for the same repetitive team against the same repetitive poor defenses only for people to go nuts when he takes on 3 defenders no one has heard about that would be lucky enough to be in the PL or even the physical defenders of Serie A. It dont matter - some people just need to see the magic & that's okay even if he looks like he isnt got the ability to be 'that player who is there when you need it the most' the more he plays away from the Xavi and iniesta era ( vs liverpool cl? Shocking).