Cristiano Ronaldo has received 200 votes MORE than Lionel Messi across the history of Ballon d’Or voting… despite the PSG star winning the gong for a record seventh time this week
- Lionel Messi collected his unprecedented seventh Ballon d’Or award this week
- It puts him two clear of rival Cristiano Ronaldo, who has won it five times
- Ronaldo wrote ‘facts’ under a social media post berating Messi’s win over him
Lionel Messi may have won an unprecedented seventh Ballon d’Or this week but fans of Cristiano Ronaldo have found another way to show that the Manchester United man has the edge over the Argentina hero.
Ronaldo has won the gong five times himself – an incredible haul but ultimately now two less than Messi.
But remarkably, across the all-time history of Ballon d’Or voting Ronaldo has received 200 more votes than Messi – according to The Sun.
Lionel Messi of PSG won the seventh Ballon d’Or award of his career earlier this week
Ronaldo has won the award five times but appears to have had more votes across his career
Messi has reportedly received 3,574 votes across his career while Ronaldo has amassed a total of 3,781 – over 200 more than the Paris Saint-Germain player.
Messi was crowned the winner in Monday’s ceremony after a year where he finally won an international honour with Argentina – the Copa America – as well as lifting the Copa del Rey with Barcelona.
It turned out to be his final trophy at the club. Barcelona let him leave for free after being unable to offer him a contract extension due to their ongoing financial difficulties.
Ronaldo, meanwhile, endured a trophyless season at Juventus before heading back to Manchester United, where things aren’t going much better.
He appeared to publicly back claims from a fan account that Messi stole the Ballon d’Or from himself and Robert Lewandowski.
He commented ‘facts’ underneath a fan post detailing why the Portugal captain deserved the gong over Messi.
The post, on the page of a fan account called ‘Cristiano Ronaldo – The Legendary’ which Ronaldo himself follows, details Ronaldo’s 2021 achievements before describing Messi’s accolade as ‘Theft. Dirt. Shame. Simply regrettable.
‘Who saw, saw. Anyone who is smart enough knows who the real deserving ones are. Receiving awards without earning it is false happiness, without pride.’
The Manchester United star commented ‘facts’ under a post which described Messi’s win as ‘Theft. Dirt. Shame. Simply regrettable’
United are eighth in the Premier League table with 18 points from 13 matches, five points outside the top four and recently sacked Ole Gunnar Solskjaer as manager.
Ronaldo has scored 10 goals in 15 games since being back at Old Trafford and will be back in action on Thursday when United meet Arsenal.
He was surprisingly left on the bench for the 1-1 draw against Chelsea on Sunday.
