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Social media account, GOATnaldo Junction has issued a clarification after being accused of sharing sponsored posts by Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. The Facebook fan page had to issue a lengthy statement after a news story reported that Al Nassr forward Ronaldo had paid GOATnaldo Junction to promote a post where the Portuguese legend takes a sly dig at Lionel Messi on January 14.
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The post was about Cristiano Ronaldo's claim that the Ballon d'Or and FIFA Best Awards have lost credibility. But after clicking on the now-deleted post's About Partnership section, a message said, "Cristiano Ronaldo compensated GOATnaldo Junction to share this post. Branded content lets creator partners with brands to promote with brands to promote products or services."
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Since then, another post by GOATnaldo Junction has been making the rounds of social media where the page shares a picture with Lionel Messi holding his FIFA Best trophy with the caption, " FIFA The Best 2023 Winner. Earned, Not Given!"
Neither Ronaldo nor Messi has paid me: GOATnaldo Junction statement
Addressing both these posts, GOATnaldo Junction shared a statement confirming that Ronaldo and Messi didn't pay the page to share any posts. The statement further detailed how tagging Ronaldo for the post on January 14 was a mistake and how the admin attempted to showcase the issue by tagging Messi in a similar post.
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The statement said, Neither Ronaldo nor Messi has paid me. Since I have a branded content feature for Meta, I can easily tag any celebrity with a paid partnership. I actually made a post for Ronaldo. I was also unaware of this feature, but Messi FC blamed Ronaldo, saying he paid for the post. However, he didn't pay me; it's a broken feature of Facebook.
The Facebook algorithm is totally unreliable. I posted about Messi just to make his fans aware. Not everything you see on the internet is real, so stop believing it. I request every major media outlet to stop spreading fake information without clarification. Thank you. Cristiano Ronaldo Leo Messi.
