Barcelona striker Lionel Messi believes that his friendship with Real Madrid striker Cristiano Ronaldo is unlikely.

According to the Argentine, he talks too little with Cristiano outside the field and various ceremonies in order to become friends.

"Ronaldo is not my only competitor in the fight for the Golden Ball. There are a lot of talented players who can win this award. "" In recent years, only Ronaldo and I became its owners, but now there are Neymar, Kilian Mbappe and Luis Suarez, each of which is worthy of the Golden Ball ".

"Ronaldo said that we can become friends in the future? I'm not sure that this will happen".

"To make friends, it is necessary to spend together with a person for a while. We do not have any relations, because we see each other only at different ceremonies, and only then we have a chance to talk. Outside the field our lives intersect infrequently, "Messi said in an interview with Marca.

Earlier it became known that Lionel Messi signed a new contract with Barcelona.