The return of Cristiano Ronaldo to Manchester United is indeed big and surprising news for many parties. It's only natural that Manchester United's first post on Instagram announcing he would return to reap great attention from netizens around the world.
The first time MU's Instagram published Ronaldo's news was about 4 days ago. Large writings of Cristiano Ronaldo and his various poses are displayed, with the caption "Welcome home @Cristiano".
Likes immediately flooded and comments overflowed. Famous names like David Beckham even appear in the comments column. "Wow, welcome to Cristiano's house," Beckham wrote.
So far, the post about Cristiano Ronaldo has received more than 13 million likes. It broke the record as a post from a sports team that got the most likes on Instagram.
Lionel Messi's tough rival also lost. For comparison, Paris Saint Germain's post some time ago when announcing the arrival of Messi in the form of a video gained almost 8 million likes.
However, at the individual level, MU's post about Ronaldo is still inferior to Lionel Messi's post. Messi's photo on his Instagram account when he won the Copa America received more than 21 million likes, making it the post in the sports field with the largest number of likes.
Before Messi's record, Ronaldo was again in the top position. Ronaldo's pose next to Diego Maradona when remembering his death got more than 19 million likes.
So indeed the two megastars are not only competing very fiercely on the gridiron but also in cyberspace. For matters of followers, Ronaldo won from Messi. Currently, the number of followers of Cristiano Ronaldo is 336 million while Messi has 256 million followers.