“We asked Rijkaard to put Messi in the first team”

Ronaldinho revealed in an interview that it was the players who asked Frank Rijkaard to bring Lionel Messi up to play with them: "It was the players who asked Rijkaard to promote to Messi to first-team training. Cristiano Ronaldo is a very complete player, but Messi is better because he has magic", explained the 34-year-old.