Old tweet of MS Dhoni goes viral after Ronaldo joins Manchester United

Cristiano Ronaldo has left Juventus and returned to his former club Manchester United. The Portuguese star’s signing has stunned many fans of the football world. Even the IPL franchises have reacted to the same. 

Recently, the Chennai Super Kings posted a photo of Mahendra Singh Dhoni playing football. Many fans would know that the jersey number of both Ronaldo and MS Dhoni is #7 only. Hence, CSK smartly captioned their post as:

“See our #7,” Chennai Super Kings also tagged the official Twitter handle of Manchester United in their latest tweet. 

Quite a few fans have responded to Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s photo with an old tweet by the man himself. Dhoni is a football fan. Recently, he was playing the sport in his time off the cricket field. In fact, Dhoni got a chance to become a wicket-keeper after he impressed his school’s coach with his goal-keeping skills. 

Hence, the connection of MS Dhoni and football sport is quite an old one. Speaking of MS Dhoni and football, in this article, we will look at an old tweet of Dhoni that has been going viral after the Super Kings made the post on Twitter. 

MS Dhoni had tweeted about Lionel Messi

Lionel Messi vs Cristiano Ronaldo debate in football is something that happens across the entire world. It seems Dhoni is a bigger fan of Messi than Ronaldo. Back in 2014, when Dhoni was an active Twitter user, he made the following tweet on March 24: 

“I just love Messi, let’s c who gets the card now.”

I just love Messi,let's c who gets a card now

— Mahendra Singh Dhoni (@msdhoni) March 23, 2014

Some CSK fans responded to the franchise’s latest post with the tweet made by Dhoni. They quoted Dhoni’s seven-year-old tweet in the comments box. 

MS Dhoni will return to the cricket field on September 19, when the Chennai Super Kings take on the Mumbai Indians in the first match of IPL 2021’s second phase.