Ronaldo: I'd pay my own money to buy Messi

Brazil legend
Ronaldo claims he
would splash his
own cash to
bring Lionel Messi
from Barcelona to Fort
Lauderdale Strikers.
Messi has lit up La Liga for over
decade and, since the turn of the
calendar year, has been in
fantastic form for Luis Enrique's
side as the Catalans have
returned to the summit in the
Spanish championship.
Ronaldo, who played for
Barcelona and Real Madrid in his
prime, recently became part-
owner of second-tier US side Fort
Lauderdale and revealed his
ambition to lure Messi away from
Camp Nou using his own money.
"I'd pay out of my own pocket to
sign Messi," he told reporters at
an event to launch the North
American Soccer League (NASL)
season, which the FL Strikers will
take part in.
Messi is not the only global
superstar on Ronaldo's wishlist,
with the World Cup-winner also
hoping his new club can
someday convince his namesake
Cristiano Ronaldo that the Florida
club are worth leaving Real
Madrid for.
"The sky is the limit for Strikers.
This club will become great," he
added. "Why not Messi? Why not
Cristiano Ronaldo? In a few
years' time we will be able to
make it happen.
"Nothing is impossible. The US is
the second-fastest growing
country in the world in terms of
football, after China. A lot of
famous players will want to come
and play in South Florida because
of the quality of life. Who
wouldn't want to live here?"

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