Real Madrid superstar has gained more followers than Cristiano Ronaldo and Kylian Mbappe on Instagram during Euro 2024

Real Madrid's Arda Guler has been instrumental in taking Turkiye into the knockouts of Euro 2024 from Group F along with Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal and Georgia. His performances at the biggest stage have seen the world take notice.

Guler scored one of the goals of the tournament in Turkiye's first game against Georgia. The match was in a 1-1 deadlock midway through the second half when Guler got the ball in the right flank just outside the penalty box. With just two simple touches, he took the ball away from the defenders and wrapped his left foot around it to beat the Georgian goalkeeper and make it 2-1.

A recent report by Apuestas Deportivas inferred that Guler has gained more Instagram followers than juggernauts like Cristiano Ronaldo, and Kylian Mbappe since the start of Euros. The 19-year-old prodigy has amassed more than a whopping million new Instagram followers during just the group stages of the tournament. He will surely gain more as Turkiye progress into the business end of Euro 2024.

Some of the players with the highest followers gained during Euro 2024 are summarized in the table below:

Ranking	Player	Instagram Followers gained
1.	Arda Güler	1,093,669
2.	Cristiano Ronaldo	996,661
3.	Jude Bellingham	725,529
4.	Kylian Mbappé	706,332
5.	Lamine Yamal	653,928
6.	Riccardo Calafiori	404,544
7.	Kenan Yildiz	373,554
8.	Florian Wirtz	335,738
9.	Toni Kroos	293,138
10.	Jamal Musiala	282,731

Interestingly, some veterans like Robert Lewandowski, Frenkie De Jong, and Steven Bergwijn have lost tens of thousands of followers since the start of Euro 2024. This can perhaps be attributed to their individual and their respective side's underwhelming performance in the tournament.

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Cristiano Ronaldo sent a heartwarming message for Real Madrid's Kylian Mbappe ahead of Euro 2024

Georgia v Portugal: Group F - UEFA EURO 2024 (Photo by Lars Baron/Getty Images)

Kylian Mbappe's Real Madrid transfer saga was one of the most interesting transfer market stories for football enthusiasts over the years. It finally materialized right before the start of the European Championships.

After spending more than seven seasons with Paris Saint-Germain the 26-year-old finally joined Carlo Ancelotti at the Spanish capital this summer. He is PSG's all-time top scorer with 256 goals and 108 assists in 308 games.

Cristiano Ronaldo sent a heartwarming message to Mbappe after the Frenchman posted about his new club on his Instagram account. In the comment section, the the Portuguese wrote:

"My turn to watch. Excited to see you light up the Bernabéu"

Cristiano Ronaldo's legacy at Real Madrid will be difficult to beat even for the generational Kylian Mbappe. The Portugal talisman is the club's all-time top scorer with 450 goals and 131 assists in 438 games.

He won four Ballon d'Or, four Champions League titles, two La Ligas, and a cohort of other individual and collective trophies while being housed at the Santiago Bernabeu.