The social media followers stat just correlates with the overblown, childish Messi v Ronaldo narrative.
On social media, there are plenty of people who care more about (those) individuals than clubs. That’s why the likes of Juventus and PSG are...
Benoit Assou-Ekotto never played for Portsmouth
Heurelho Gomes never played for QPR
Youssi Benayoun never played for Bolton
Danny Welbeck never played for Wigan
Tom Cleverley never played for Sunderland
Dusan Tadic never played for Inter or...