Transfermarkt estimates have hurt Cristiano Ronaldo's ego.
In March 2020, the Portuguese player blocked the account of this site specializing in the transfer market and the assessment of the market value of players on social networks.
At the time, Transfertmarkt revealed that "
CR7
" had unsubscribed following the publication of eleven of the players whose interests were managed by agent Jorge Mendes.
"
We can no longer tag Cristiano Ronaldo, he blocked us after seeing his value on the market
," said the site's official account without giving further explanation.
In an interview with
The Athletic
, Christian Swartz, one of the site's managers, revealed behind the scenes of this little hiccup around the former Juventus Turin player.
“
He first sent a message to the social media managers and they replied to him, explaining why (he was valued at 75 million euros) and they said to him:
“
In the players of your age, you are number 1 by far
," Swartz explained.
Bernardo Silva ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo
“
I think there was between 30 and 50 million pounds difference (between him and the player with the closest valuation, editor’s note), then he sent smileys and he blocked us
”, continued the interlocutor of The Athletic.
In the starting lineup of Jorge Mendes' clients, the five-time Golden Ball actually arrived behind Bernardo Silva (100 million euros) and just ahead of the duo Fabinho (Liverpool) - Ederson (Manchester City) each valued at 70 M€ .
Since this disagreement, the rating of Cristiano Ronaldo, left for Manchester United has only dropped to go down... to 35 M€.
The starting XI of Jorge Mendes players by Transfertmarkt Transfertmarkt