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The Portugal international felt that the website had assigned him a number far beneath what he thought he was worth
Manchester United star Cristiano Ronaldo blocked the Instagram account of Transfermarkt after taking issue with the valuation the site had given him.
The website employs over 80 people and has more than 1000 volunteers working for it, all of whom evaluate information and research to come up with a number they feel matches a player's worth.
In March of 2020, however, Ronaldo took issue with a āJorge Mendes XIā, a team made up of players represented by the 'super agent' in which the Portuguese was given a ā¬75 million (?62m/$84m) valuation.
Explaining how the incident happened, Transfermarkt coordinator Christian Schwarz told The Athletic: āHe sent a message first to our social media guys. They answered him, explained why, and told him, āThe people in your age group, you are by far the number oneā.
āIt was ?30-50 million difference [between Ronaldo and the next player on the list], and then he sent some smilies, and then he blocked us.ā
Schwarz actually misremembered the graphic that was posted, having stated in the interview that it was a team of players aged 33 or older.
Indeed, Ronaldo's Portugal team-mate Bernardo Silva, also a client of Mendes, was valued the highest ā at ā¬100m (?83m/$112m).