The two big names of present day football. One moved to a club considered to be his home and one moved away from his home club.

Messi received the 7th Ballon d'Or in the season and won the Ligue 1 title with PSG.

PSG started the season with Coupe de France, Trophée des Champions winners, and runners up in Ligue 1. They were semi finalists in UEFA Champions league. But in 2021-22, even though they won the Ligue 1 title, in Coupe de France PSG lost to Nice in Penalties. (5-6). The Trophée des Champions lost in the final against Lille (1-0) and were knocked out of the Champions league in round of 16 by Real Madrid.

Ligue 1

Matches 26
Goals 6
Assists 14

UCL
Matches 7
Goals 5

Coupe de France

Matches 1
Goals 0


Cristiano Ronaldo

Cristiano came to Manchester with big expectations, which he revealed in an interview, that "i didn't come to finish 6th or 7th". United started the season as runners up in the Premier League, runners up in the Europa league, Semi finalists in league cup and quarter finalists in FA cup. In a disastrous season, they finished in the premier league at 6th, went out of Champions league in Round of 16, FA cup fourth round and League cup third round. Ronaldo finished the season without any trophies, with club or individually.

Premier league
Matches 30
Goals 18
Assists 3

UCL
Matches 7
Goals 6

As Ronaldo was competing in a comparatively tougher league than Messi, he received more critical acclaim during the season. Also, we have seen unhappy images of Messi throughout the season, and Ronaldo thinking about leaving the club, we can conclude both stars had a disappointing season in sum.