Revealed:biggest robbery in the ballon d’or history, Ronaldo has received 200 votes MORE than Messi across Ballon d'Or history
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.
Messi has 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.'
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.
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