Endrick, a new football star recruited to Real Madrid, quoted Cristiano Ronaldo as his idol. This is also seen with Haaland, Mbappe, Saka, Vini Jr, Rodrygo, Kvara. So many young players today all state Ronaldo as an influence for them. Messi has more accolades than Ronaldo, but the only young players I can think that stated him as an influence is Julian Alvarez and Jude Bellingham. Why do you think most young players respect and admire Ronaldo more than Messi?
Everyone is bringing up Ronaldo’s work rate etc.
Do you think kids were thinking that guy is a hard worker?
Ronaldo is more marketable at a time where the PL was becoming the behemoth it is today while having flair, doing step overs, his iconic free-kick stance. Ronaldo was the original comp player, you watched his videos in the early days of youtube because he played like a Brazilian football player and going out and trying to do the same skills he did