Cristiano Ronaldo Mocks Lionel Messi's Former Teammate Over Instagram Follower Count

18.08.2023 - 08:51 sports.ndtv.com

Portuguese football icon Cristiano Ronaldo remains the most popular athlete on Instagram. With over 600 million followers, the former Real Madrid and Manchester United is the undisputed King on the photo and video blogging platform.

However, as one of his former teammates, Sergio Ramos, celebrated reaching 60 million followers milestone, Ronaldo couldn't resist indulging into banter.

Ramos, who has also played with Lionel Messi at Paris Saint-German, also had a splendid response up his sleeves on Ronaldo's attempt to troll him. "We started in 2014 and - although it seems impossible - we are now 60 million strong," wrote Sergio Ramos, who has played with both Messi and Ronaldo at the club level.

Ronaldo couldn't resist mocking his former Real Madrid teammate and said: "You need another zero to catch me!' followed by a cry-laughing emoji." A post shared by Sergio Ramos (@sergioramos) Ramos also decided to revert back to Ronaldo, saying: "Don't be too confident Cris.

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