Sunderland winger, Simon Adingra has jokingly said that he is better than Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, Softfootball reports.
Both players are arguably the best players in world football. Their numbers are almost impossible to match and between them they share 14 Ballon D'Or, six for Ronaldo and eight for the mercurial Argentine Messi. Adingra who made his debut for Sunderland in the 3-0 win over West Ham United would hope to get to the levels of Ronaldo and Messi someday.
Speaking to FIFA in an interview shared on their official media , Adingra says he actually looks up to both players but people back home in Ivory Coast jokingly say he is better. He said: