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Lionel Messi is giving away millions to Cristiano Ronaldo every month for this reason

By Mauricio Saenz

Without even noticing, the Argentine is giving free money to CR7.

Without even noticing, the Argentine is giving free money to CR7.

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Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are the two greatest soccer rivals from the last years. The polemic between them exploded when the Argentine played for FC Barcelona and the Portuguese for Real Madrid, starring some impressive duels in El Clásico and fights to end as the top-scorer of LaLiga every year.

The rivalry made them possible to earn fortunes. The dispute between them generated fans for one and other all over the world and make them possible to benefit from it, selling products as jerseys and merchandising for their fans. But, nowadays, the Portuguese is taking advantage from the Argentine, and he is not even noticing.

Cristiano is actually the most followed person on Instagram, with 256 million followers. That makes him possible to earn millions per day, as every time he posts an advertisement or makes an alliance with a brand, he bills a fortune. It is a strategy that he has is his social platforms and that boost his income.

What does Messi how to do with that? The historical no. 10 from Barça doesn’t pay much attention to his social media and even less to Instagram. He posts normal images, just some commercial, and has 179 million followers. As he gives no importance to it, he makes possible to Ronaldo to take advantage from it and earning fortunes that he can’t gain from social media.


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