Thomas Heath looks at the path taken by Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo's new stomping grounds...

ONCE upon a time, in Spain’s golden era, the two superhuman pillars of modern football would come face to face with each other in famous annual spectacles.
Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo wore the crests of two footballing superpowers, Barcelona and Real Madrid, globally admired clubs with their very own footballing philosophies and immortal icons.
Now, Messi and Ronaldo spend their days on different sides of the world at clubs that have truly only been in the global eye since their arr...