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Spanish football (outside of the top few teams) is very one sided, a bit like the Scottish league was a few years back. The prem is very competitive and teams like Blackburn and Wigan can beat the big boys. Ronaldo has proved he can do it there - and while he has not hit the heights of other players in years gone by, I think this makes him a better player than Messi. Put it this way, if Arsenal could sign one, it would be Ronaldo.
I think both are still a way from being considered called great like Pele, Maradona, di Stefano, Eusabio etc...
But you'd also take De Jong and Barton at Arsenal
Messi is at least on a par with Ronaldo and is also 2 years his senior. Neither have achieved much on the international stage. I don't think you can criticise Messi for having been a one-team-man to date.
If I could have either at Arsenal it would be Messi. I think he's more of a game changer and less prone to strops and frustration when a match isn't going his way.