Messi more selfish than Ronaldo - Mario Kempes

Former Barcelona and Argentina super star Mario Kempes has waded an argument that his fellow countryman Lionel Messi is now "selfish"and concentrate on his individual display than his fierce rival and former Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo.

In contrast, while the South American has headed in one direction, Ronaldo is seen to have moved the other way by deserting the selfish streak which made him a talismanic presence at Real Madrid .
Kempes, a World Cup winner with Argnentina in 1978, told AS of a man already assured of a place among the all-time greats: “Messi is Messi and Messi is Barcelona.

“What you do or do not do is key. When Messi is on the field, prepare yourself, because you do not know at what moment he is going to mess you up.

“But Messi should not surprise us. We have seen him do everything, although I think he has slowed down a bit and now I see him wanting to do more things on his own.”
Kempes added: “Before I saw him as a team player, now I see him more selfish in his actions.
“It is the opposite of Cristiano, who now plays more for the team than for the 'me'.
“I will tell you another thing, we Argentines criticise Messi because we are specialists in criticising what is ours.
“If you ask me who I would have liked to play with, I would say that with Messi ... because I already played with [Diego] Maradona already.