Hugo Gatti: 'Messi must join Real Madrid to prove he's the best ever' | OneFootball

There are very few things that are guaranteed in life (and in football), but one of those few things is that Lionel Messi will never, ever join Real Madrid.

However, former Argentina and Boca Juniors’ two-time Copa Libertadores goalkeeper Hugo Gatti has challenged Messi to join Los Blancos in order to prove he’s better than Cristiano Ronaldo.

In a bizarre interview on TV show ‘ El Chiringuito de Jugones ‘, the player-turned-pundit had the audacity to say that Messi is in danger of becoming just another average player we’ll end up forgetting about.\

“It seems as if I am anti-Argentine, but until Messi performs in the big games, he will continue to be a player of home games,” Gatti said.

“He has to have balls to go to Real Madrid and prove everything there like Cristiano [Ronaldo did]. Otherwise he will be just one more [player].

“Cristiano went to the best club in the world. Messi plays at home, on his pitch with everything [that comes with that in terms of home comforts].

“Let him perform in the Champions League and the World Cup, otherwise he will always be one more [player]. When he performs there, he will fight with [Johan] Cruyff, [Diego] Maradona and Pele.

“Messi performs when they let him perform. It’s very easy to perform with everything in your favour at home.”

Sure, Messi has fallen on the international stage time and time again. However, there’s no doubt that he has already guaranteed himself a place amongst the greatest to have ever played the game.