"Time" chooses Messi as the athlete of the year, "Forbes" chooses Ronaldo

2023-12-05 21:17:31Sport SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
"Time" chooses Messi as the athlete of the year, "Forbes"
Messi in Time magazine

Unlike "Forbes" magazine, which rated Cristiano Ronaldo as the sportsman of the year, Argentinian Lionel Messi is the sportsman of 2023 according to TIME.

The American magazine has praised the Argentine football star, who in 2022 led his country's national team to the top of the world in the World Cup, while in the summer of 2023 he decided to continue his career in MLS and Inter Miami.

"The truth is, fortunately, I had several options to continue my career that were interesting and I had to analyze and think about them, even weigh them with my family, before making the final decision to come to Miami," Messi told Time.

"My first choice was to return to Barcelona, ​​but it was not possible. I tried to go back and it didn't happen. It is also true that later I thought a lot about going to the Saudi Arabian league, where I know the country and they have created a very strong organization that could become an important league in the near future. It was Saudi Arabia or MLS and both options seemed very interesting to me," he added.


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