Former MLS player Shaka Hislop has said that Lionel Messi will also try to hit 1000 goals before he retires from football. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting.
Stressing that it could be a shared legacy between the Argentine international and Cristiano Ronaldo, Hislop stated that watching both legends achieve the impressive feat would be a delight for fans.
Shaka added that despite advancing in age over the years, both Cristiano and Lionel have shown no signs of slowing down.
His words, “I think that’s what football almost wants to see.
I think we’ve been treated to two players who have defined a generation unlike any other and defined this game unlike few others before them.
The numbers that Ronaldo puts up, that Lionel Messi continues to put up, is just phenomenal.
And Messi shows no signs of slowing down. If we end up with two players over 1,000 goals, that is probably in keeping with their shared legacy in this game.”
Sneijder added, “I think that’s the next goal for both of them, 100%. Cristiano won’t stop before reaching the thousand goals.
Messi has signed another two year deal. He will definitely reach one thousand goals as well.
It’s nice that we are still talking about this rivalry with one in MLS and the other in Saudi.
They are two big stars and now they’re chasing a different goal of reaching 1,000 goals. Amazing. Maybe we see about counting their assists to find out who can get to 2,000 first.”
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