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Cristiano Ronaldo's team accused of 'paying troll accounts' on social media

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Updated 15:56 23 Jan 2024 GMTPublished 12:34 23 Jan 2024 GMT

Cristiano Ronaldo's team accused of 'paying troll accounts' on social media

A paid partnership involving Cristiano Ronaldo's official account appeared on Facebook.

Josh Lawless

Josh Lawless

Featured Image Credit: Getty & Facebook

Topics: Cristiano Ronaldo, Saudi Pro League, Saudi Arabia

Josh Lawless
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Cristiano Ronaldo's team have been accused of "paying troll accounts" on social media.

Ronaldo is one of the most followed athletes in the world, with a whopping 618 million followers on Instagram, as well as 168 million over on Facebook.

There are also a plethora of Ronaldo fan accounts, who all share the latest content regarding the five-time Ballon d'Or winner.

But a recent post on the Meta platform involved Ronaldo has caused controversy.

'GOATnaldo Junction', which has 87,000 likes and 108,000 followers, produced a post with the caption, "The Ballon d'Or hits different when it's earned".

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The post follows on from Ronaldo hitting out at the credibility of individual awards after Lionel Messi's Best FIFA Men's player win.

Image: Getty
Image: Getty

“I think that, in a way, these awards are losing credibility. We have to analyse the entire season. It's not to say that Messi didn't deserve it, or Haaland or even Mbappe. I simply no longer believe in these awards.

"And it's not because I won at Globe Soccer. But there are facts, there are numbers. And the numbers don't deceive. They can't take this trophy away from me because it's a reality. So it makes me even happier because the numbers are facts."

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However, the aforementioned post from the Ronaldo fan page was surprisingly part of a 'Paid partnership' with the 38-year-old.

Clicking onto the about partnership section, a message said that 'Cristiano Ronaldo compensated GOATnaldo Junction to share this post. Branded content lets creator partners with brands to promote with brands to promote products or services."

Image: Getty
Image: Getty

The content in question has been since been deleted. Ronaldo is not believed to be personally running his account and instead has a team managing his socials.

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The admin of the GOATnaldo Junction page later issued a statement claiming that "neither Ronaldo nor Messi" had paid for the content and that they had merely "made the post for Ronaldo" - denying it was a paid partnership.

SPORTbible have contacted Ronaldo's representatives for comment.

The former Manchester United and Real Madrid star is currently in China with Al Nassr for a tour where they will play Shanghai Shenhua and Zhejiang Professional.

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