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Emmanuel Petit, the Arsenal legend, has defended football icons, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.

He defended them amid recent criticisms of the duo.

Messi, 35, and Ronaldo, 38, have dominated world football over the course of the past two decades and have won plenty of trophies.

However, the duo have come in for criticism recently due to their career decisions.

Many have argued that Ronaldo wrongfully chose to head to the Saudi Pro League to join Al Nassr a few months ago, while Messi has drawn the ire of supporters for opting not to sign an extension with PSG.

However, Petit has defended both Messi and Ronaldo by claiming that no one can tell them what to do at the end of their careers.

According to him, both Ballon d’Or winners should be allowed to make whatever decision suits them, adding that they have nothing left to prove.

“Messi and Ronaldo have lit up football for 20 years,” Petit told French outlet Rothen s’enflamme.

“You can’t tell these players what to do at the end of their career when they have nothing left to prove.”

Djalminha, a former Brazil attacking midfielder, has explained that he respects Barcelona legend Ronaldinho more than Paris Saint-Germain’s Lionel Messi and Al-Nassr’s Cristiano Ronaldo.

According to Djalminha, Ronaldinho won everything during his time at Barcelona.

He said Ronaldinho played his heart out during his time at Barcelona, and even Messi has not yet done any better.

Djalminha told Brazilian outlet UOL: “Of the younger generation, [Ronaldinho] is the one I respect the most.

“More than everyone else. More than Messi, more than Cristiano. Take his two years at Barcelona and see if Messi did what he did.

“He won the Champions League, won the Spanish league, won everything, and put on a hell of a show and played like hell.”