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?

  • thesadhraBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Messi stayed in Barcelona his whole career pretty much whereas Ronaldo became the best player in 3 different clubs, best player in the world in 2 different clubs and therefore naturally gained way more admiration from younger players/ fans.

    Also while I do think this debate will go on forever, in my opinion Ronaldo is the face of football which adds to him being admired by more people.