Juventus have reportedly been in contact with Lionel Messi over the possibility of a sensational strike partnership with Cristiano Ronaldo in Turin.
Lionel Messi, 33, has already submitted a transfer offer at Barcelona, but it is unclear whether the La Gael giants will allow their greatest ever player to leave.
Manchester City remain the front-runners to sign the Argentine because of his association with Pep Guardiola, but will Messi want to link up with old rival Ronaldo?
L’Equipe reports that Juventus have made “cautious enquiries” with the superstar’s father, Jorge Messi, about the possibility of Messi’s move to Italy.
Messi shared 11 Barlow Awards with Ronado, they are undoubtedly the best two players in their generation and still at the pinnacle of world football.
When Ronaldo was at Real Madrid, the competition was fierce before the Portuguese left Spain for Juventus two years ago.
Back in 2019, Ronaldo revealed that he has a good relationship with Messi and hopes to one day dine with him.
“We’d had a sustenency over the last 15 years, he’s been straining me, I’m keeping him in the way, so it’s good to be a part of football history,” he said.
He said: “I don’t know if it has ever happened in football, the same two people have been at one stage. So it’s not an easy job, you know,” he said.
“Of course, we have a good relationship.
“We had no dinner together … However. But I hope in the future!
Meanwhile, Messi had previously suggested the pair could make intimate friends if they could one day end up playing for the same team.
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“We may not be friends because we never share a dressing room together, but I always see him at the awards shows and there’s no problem,” he said in 2019.
‘We actually talked to each other for a long time on the newest show.
I don’t know if dinner will be because I don’t know if for obvious reasons our paths will pass through it.