Ronaldo Jr declares Barcelona icon Messi his 'idol'
Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo's son has declared Barcelona forward Lionel Messi his “idol”.
Ronaldo
Jr appears set to follow in his father’s footsteps, with the Portuguese
forward often posting clips of the seven-year-old’s goal-scoring
exploits on social media.
The youngster is now on Instagram himself, with a first collection of
posts seeing him reveal his admiration for Argentine icon Messi.
The
post in question sees Ronaldo Jr meeting the Barcelona talisman at the
recent FIFA Best Awards and includes the message: “Thank you my idol,
Leo Messi”.
gracias mi ídolo @leomessi
A post shared by Cristiano Junior (@mrahunter) on Dec 4, 2017 at 11:57am PST
Madrid star Ronaldo went home with the Best prize that night, but his
son will hold fond memories of the evening for other reasons.
It
could be that he gets another opportunity to rub shoulders with the
great and good of the football world in the near future, with the 2017
Ballon d’Or ceremony fast approaching.
Messi and Ronaldo will once
again be locking horns in pursuit of that honour, with the pair set to
take their collective haul of world player prizes to 10.
If Ronaldo, as expected, walks away with the famous trophy on Thursday, then he will draw level with Messi on five wins apiece.
With
neither showing any sign of slowing down as they continue to strive for
individual excellence, there may be many more battles to come.
Messi
has, however, conceded that he and Ronaldo are unlikely to ever be
close friends, despite both playing in Spain and the admiration of the
latter’s son for his talent.
He told Marca when quizzed on their relationship: "I don't know if we will be [friends].
"Friendship
is built through spending time together and getting to know each other.
We have no relationship, mainly because we only see each other at
awards ceremonies and that's the only time we speak.
"Everything is fine, but our lives don't cross over very often."
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