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THEY are two of the giants of world football, followed by hundreds of millions of fans around, and at the turn of the last decade, they were sitting on top of the global tree.
Manchester United and Barcelona battled in two UEFA Champions League finals in 2009 and 2011, with the Catalan giants winning on both occasions and Lionel Messi on target in both games.
The Red Devils had also captured the Champions League title in 2008 after edging Chelsea 6-5 on penalties in their Moscow showdown.
But, times have changed.
Messi wants to leave Barca, would possibly have gone had it not been for some technicalities, while Paul Pogba has not made it a secret that, one day, he wants to play for Real Madrid.
United lost at the weekend, their third loss at Old Trafford in the league this season, after a 0-1 defeat at the hands of Arsenal, with the Gunners winning at OT, in the league, for the first time in 14 years.
Barca were held to a 1-1 draw with Messi reacting angrily, at the end of the match, by kicking the ball towards the match officials.
The statistics tell a similar tale. The Sun/SuperSport
