An ongoing rivalry between the world’s best players, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo involves the fans, as well as the two players. And since both players made mega transfer deals this summer, their fans continued ‘the battle’ and Ronaldo’s seem to be more into it then Messi’s. According to ‘Love the sales’, Manchester United shirts with number 7 (wore by Ronaldo) are selling better than PSG’s number 30 (wore by Messi).Cristiano at The Theatre of Dreams: The stage has been set for the biggest football show in the worldIn fact, Ronaldo is way ahead of his sport rival, as he earned almost double on his shirt sales (28 billion Ksh compared to Messi’s 15.8 billion), and what’s even more interesting, he did it for less amount of time. Cristiano’s number 7 jersey was officially confirmed on September 2nd, three weeks after it became official that Messi will wear number 30. ‘Love the sales’ also reveals that Ronaldo’s shirt is the fastest-selling in Premier League history and online searches for ‘Ronaldo 7 shirt’ have increased by 600% compared to last summer. So currently, there is no debate, Ronaldo is way better in terms of shirt sales. What’s even better for Manchester United, they have managed to recoup his transfer fee even before he kicked the ball for the club.17:00: Man.Utd. – Newcastle‘Love the sales’ also made a list of the most selling shirts in the Premier League. Data was compiled from sales figures across 1,000+ global retailers. After Ronaldo, the second most bought shirt in the Premier League so far is Jack Grealish’s, followed by Bruno Fernandes, Romelu Lukaku, Paul Pogba, Mohammed Salah, Virgil van Dijk, Harry Kane, Kevin De Bruyne and Jadon Sancho. It’s obviously a superior win for two Manchester clubs, as their playes occupy 6 out of first 10 places.
