Ronaldinho s prediction fails: Jesus failed to become the best in the world

As a generation of football kings, Ronaldinho has the magic of insight into everything on the court. However, when it comes to looking at people, his shocking prophecy was proved to be a bit outrageously wrong by later facts.

He once predicted that a Brazilian compatriot would even surpass Messi in the future and become the best in the world. This player is Gabriel Jesus.

The shocking prophecy in 2017 returned to 2017. Jesus, who was only 19 years old at the time, just joined Manchester City and was in the limelight. Ronaldo, who witnessed Messi's rise with his own eyes, has high hopes for this Brazilian junior.

"The best in the world is Messi at the moment, and one day it will be Neymar. But 19-year-old Gabriel may also be in the future. He has the ability to achieve this," Ronaldo said at the time.

Cruel Reality: From hope to injury

However, eight years have passed, Jesus' career trajectory is far from Ronaldo's prediction.

At Manchester City, he has won many championships, but he is always the green leaf of the team, not the absolute core. In 2022, he transferred to Arsenal for £45 million. He was expected to become the team's leader, but his performance failed to fully meet expectations.

What's more fatal is that the serious cruciate ligament injury he suffered in January this year made him completely reimbursed in the second half of last season, casting a thick shadow on his Gunners' career.

There is no doubt that Jesus is a very good player and has a successful career. But he is always far away from the best throne in the world.

Ronaldo's mistakes this time also reminded the world again: from a genius to a king of football, talent is just the beginning, and it still requires too much effort and luck.