MADRID - Barcelona's Argentine winger Lionel Messi outshines both Cristiano Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney in terms of media value, a team of Spanish researchers claimed on Friday.
The team from the University of Navarra rated last year's Golden Ball winner as the player with the highest profile in the world for the second year running.
Second was Real Madrid's Portuguese winger Ronaldo, the world's most expensive player, and third Manchester United striker Rooney, according to the annual study.
Real's Brazilian playmaker Kaka was fourth ahead of the Liverpool pair of Spanish striker Fernando Torres and English midfielder Steven Gerrard.
Ivory Coast centre forward Didier Drogba, Brazil winger Ronaldinho, Spanish central midfielder Xavi and Sweden striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic completed the top ten. European and Spanish champions Barcelona topped the club ranking, ahead of Real, Manchester United, Chelsea, AC Milan and Liverpool.
United's Sir Alex Ferguson beat Liverpool's Rafael Benitez and Inter Milan's Jose Mourinho to be named as the manager with the most media pulling power.
I feel that United's Sir Alex Ferguson should not be named as the manager with the most media pulling power as he as a bad reputation for reprimanding referees shamelessly. He is also renowned to support the bad boys of his team, such as Cristiano Ronaldo's divings. Rafael Benitez should also not be a candidate for this award as he does not delivers what he promised to the world; Champions League and Barclays Premier League. Instead, Liverpool, under his command, lost to teams which are struggling to prevent from being relegated, and got knocked out in the first few rounds. I feel that Jose Mourinho should earn the award as he commands well, bringing Chelsea to their closest to getting the title, and now he commands Inter Milan to dominate the Italian League.
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
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