Not even Cristiano’s announcement to Real Madrid in 2009, Mbappé broke interaction records & the comparison with CR7′s

Real Madrid and football fans went wild when Kylian Mbappé was finally announced as a Real Madrid player. The announcement was so big that many wanted to see how impactful the news was when Real Madrid announced Cristiano Ronaldo in 2009. The Santiago Bernabeu was full when they received the Portuguese striker, but online, it wasn’t like Mbappé's. In 2009, Real Madrid tweeted that Cristiano Ronaldo was officially a Real Madrid player. It didn’t state the impressions or engagements, but it had 23k likes. Sebastián Decker from D Sports reports that in the first 10 minutes of Real Madrid’s announcement about Kylian Mbappé being their new player, it had 6.8 million impressions, 306k likes, 119k reposts, 50.7k citations, and the official website crashed.

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On July 6th, 2009, over 80,000 Real Madrid fans were at the Santiago Bernabeu to receive Cristiano Ronaldo. Ronaldo’s first words when arriving at Real Madrid were, “I am very happy to be here. For me it is the realization of a childhood dream, which was to play for Real Madrid. I never expected that the stadium would be full just to see me. It is impressive.” Although Real Madrid did not have lots of engagements online for the signing of Ronaldo, it was still a marquee signing and arguably the best the club has ever made. Social media was not as advanced as how it is today.

Mbappé's Instagram post about joining Real Madrid received lots of likes and comments. Mbappé's IG post now has 10 million likes in under two hours. Ronaldo’s announcement to Real Madrid would’ve received a similar amount of likes and engagement online if social media was as popular and advanced as today. Mbappé's move to Real Madrid came at the right time to see these incredible numbers, which has many football fans excited.

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Kylian Mbappé following Cristiano Ronaldo’s footsteps

Le Parisien reports that Mbappé will likely wear the number 9 jersey at Real Madrid like his idol Cristiano Ronaldo, who also wore the number 9 when his shirt arrived at Real Madrid. Ronaldo eventually changed it to his iconic number 7 shirt, but Mbappé may not be able to do the same. Mbappé will likely take the number 10 shirt from Luka Modric whenever the Croatian midfielder leaves the club.