Endrick, a new football star recruited to Real Madrid, quoted Cristiano Ronaldo as his idol. This is also seen with Haaland, Mbappe, Saka, Vini Jr, Rodrygo, Kvara. So many young players today all state Ronaldo as an influence for them. Messi has more accolades than Ronaldo, but the only young players I can think that stated him as an influence is Julian Alvarez and Jude Bellingham. Why do you think most young players respect and admire Ronaldo more than Messi?
They are obviously both great footballers, and I don’t mean to down downplay CR7’s ability. But I think that kids often prefer him because of the image that he presents - celebrity friends, fancy cars, body builder physique etc. and not because of superior ability. Messi is a humble, shy family man, and does not lead a glamorous lifestyle in comparison.
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“does not show a glamorous lifestyle”, my dude he’s basically a billionaire with all of the money,he’s living more luxurious than 99,99% of the people on earth