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Manchester United legend Rio Ferdinand revealed on the \u2018Vibe with Five\u2019 podcast that Alejandro Garnacho told him that Lionel Messi unfollowed him on social media because he preferred Cristiano Ronaldo.<\/p>\n
Alejandro Garnacho<\/strong>\u00a0has\u00a0made no secret<\/strong>\u00a0that his role model has always been\u00a0Cristiano Ronaldo<\/strong>, which many fans\u00a0don\u2019t like<\/strong>\u00a0because he shares a dressing room with\u00a0Lionel Messi in<\/strong>\u00a0the Argentina national team.<\/p>\n However,\u00a0the Manchester United winger\u00a0makes no secret of his preference<\/strong>\u00a0for the Portuguese striker. In fact, the 19-year-old is\u00a0in the spotlight<\/strong>\u00a0for his thunderbolt in his side\u2019s 3-0 Premier League win over\u00a0Everton<\/strong>, which was netted in\u00a0Nike\u2019s new Cristiano Ronaldo-inspired boots.<\/p>\n The Argentinian was\u00a0reminded\u00a0<\/strong>of the goal scored by\u00a0Ronaldo\u00a0<\/strong>for\u00a0Real Madrid<\/strong>\u00a0against\u00a0Juventus\u00a0<\/strong>in the Champions League. So much so that\u00a0Garnacho<\/strong>\u00a0celebrated his wonderstrike by\u00a0imitating\u00a0<\/strong>the Portuguese star.<\/p>\n Messi\u00a0<\/strong>seems to have been\u00a0unhappy\u00a0<\/strong>with Garnacho\u2019s latest behaviour as he has\u00a0unfollowed\u00a0<\/strong>the young striker on social media, according to\u00a0Rio Ferdinand<\/strong>\u00a0on the \u2018Vibe with Five\u2019 podcast.<\/p>\n \u201cGarnacho told me that\u00a0Messi\u00a0unfollowed him<\/strong>\u00a0just because he makes no secret of preferring Ronaldo.\u00a0He comes out, don\u2019t care, \u2018I\u2019m a Ronaldo man<\/strong>\u2018. Who\u2019s the GOAT? Ronaldo. (Even)\u00a0when he\u2019s in the Argentina squad<\/strong>,\u201d the Manchester United legend said.<\/p>\n