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?

  • Lego-105@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I think more than anything it’s about the fact that Ronaldo is a very outspoken person and you can very easily see who he is as a person. Flaws and strengths, he has a personality on full show. For all Messi is, he’s not really a public persona. It makes it more difficult to look up to him and relate to him IMO.

    I mean yeah, Ronaldo worked for it but come on, he was also insanely talented. Hard work alone didn’t get him where he is. I don’t think there’s really that much between the two in that sense.